Christian Meditation & Contemplative Photography - Reflections on Contemplative Photography in the light of John Main and Thomas Merton - Part 6/6

  

Part 6: Sharing the Gift

You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved

Anselm Adams

Sixth appointment with the series of video reflections on contemplative photography and the various connections with Christian meditation.

This time we will consider Portrait as a practice to build loving relationships with others. 

Let's have a look to the introductory video:

Video 6_1 - Introduction

Video 6_2 - Tina Modotti

We will be guided by some pictures of the Italian photographer Tina Modotti (1896-1942).

“[...] contemplation is out of the question for anyone who does not try to cultivate compassion for other men.”

Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

Video 6_3 - Exercise: Picturing a Relationship

“Meditation creates community”

John Main

A picture from father Laurence Freeman, OSB

A picture taken from father Laurence's collection for the
Daily Wisdom - https://wccm.org/mobile/daily-wisdom/

Bibliography.

Beholding Paradise: The Photographs of Thomas Merton 

by Thomas Merton, Paul M. Pearson

Paulist, Mahwah; 2015

Follow the Ecstasy: The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton

by John Howard Griffin

Wings Press, San Antonio, Tex.; 2010

The Practice of Contemplative Photography: Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes

by Andy Karr, Michael Wood

Shambhala, Boston; 2011

Zen Camera: Creative Awakening With a Daily Practice in Photography

by David Ulrich

Watson-Guptill, New York; 2018

Christian Meditation. The Gethsemani Talks

by John Main

Medio Media Pub., Tucson, AZ; 2001

New Seeds of Contemplation

by Thomas Merton

New Directions, New York; 2007

First edition: 1962

Meditazione e fotografia. Vedendo e ascoltando passare l'attimo

by Diego Mormorio

Contrasto, Roma; 2008

Fotografia creativa. Corso con esercizi per svegliare l'artista che dorme dentro di te

by Franco Fontana

Mondadori, Milano; 2017

This is a project for the World Community for the Christian Meditation - WCCM

Teacher Leader Programme - Cohort II - 2021-2022

Music by:

Davide Rossi