"The Church with No Flock" is a study of the vanishing rural churches
of North America. The images are both mundane and symbolic. They
are scenes we take for granted; scenes we pass by without a second
glance; and scenes which are quickly disappearing.
Churches, once the lynchpins of their communities, are now left
abandoned. Witness to weddings, funerals, and thousands of Sunday
mornings, their active days are long gone. The population base has
moved on and the rural country life is a remnant of the past for most.
Trees, vines and the elements have staked their claim.
The moving and blurred clouds in these long exposure images
symbolize time moving forward in the face of the ephemeral lifespan
of these vanishing structures and the rich history they represent.
