I awoke this morning and had a Norman Rockwell moment. My mind’s eye envisioned a young family walking into church holding hands. I set out to document such an intimate moment this morning. After two hours of waiting it became evident times had changed.
Seems almost all the young families enter the rear of the church to facilitate depositing the kids in the “Children Areas.” When a young family did arrive they entered as a group, but not holding hands. It would have been easy enough to ask them to hold hand for the image, but that would not be “Documenting the Human Condition”.
After an absence from doing photography on a regular basis I decided to do a-picture-a-day-for-a-year project. As a direction I am attempting to use modern images where possible to relate times in my photographic past. As I am no longer a spring chicken, I can get philosophical some times. As a Christian I often see God possibly using me and my photography to send short messages. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I have enjoyed making them around Monroe, NC. TheElmo
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To add to your lament... short britches, t-shirts and flip flops? At church? On Sunday morning? Yep, times have changed.
ReplyDeleteI hope my kids don't see this. I still make them dress appropriately for Sunday services.