AMONG THE BELIEVERS
Attending Sunday mess at Georgetown cathedral, Guyana, 2014
A winter day at the monastery of the Holy Martyrs in the forests of Ganina Yama, outside Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2015
Paddling to Sunday mess in Ganvie, Benin, 2016
Circumambulating in a Kora around Rongbuk monastery, below the north face of Mount Everest, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, 2007
Iviron monastery, Athos peninsula, 2010
Going to church before work, Pechersk Lavra monastery, Kiev, Ukraine, 2017
Catholic Mission, North Horr, Turkana, Kenya, 2020
Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka, 2007
Buddhist pilgrims ringing the bell, after having climbed 5200 steps to the top, while the rising sun is painting a shadow of Sri Lanka's 2243m holy mountain, sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike
Buddhist pilgrims ringing the bell, after having climbed 5200 steps to the top, while the rising sun is painting a shadow of Sri Lanka's 2243m holy mountain, sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike
Ngoc Soc temple at Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi, Vietnam,1997
Hanging loose: a Hindu devotee showing devotion by self-inflicting pain, on the road between the island of Kayts and Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2011
Pilgrims circumambulate a stupa before the ascent to Dochula Pass, Bhutan, 2009
Monks flocking to the prayer room at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, seat of the Panchen Lama, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, 2007
Mosque at the confluence of the White and the Blue Nile, Khartoum, Sudan, 2005
Mosque in Durres, Albania, 2016
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar, 2017
The world's most beautiful sacred edifice is dominating the skyline of Yangon from every direction, thanks to zoning laws capping the height of all other buildings in Myanmar's capital.
The world's most beautiful sacred edifice is dominating the skyline of Yangon from every direction, thanks to zoning laws capping the height of all other buildings in Myanmar's capital.
World Youth Day with Pope Francis, Copcabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013
Bayon Temple, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2010
Ranakpur Jain temple, Rajasthan, India, 2007
Basilique Notre-dame-de-la-Paix, the world's largest church building, Yamassoukro, Ivory Coast, 2016
Basilique Notre-dame-de-la-Paix, the world's largest church building, Yamassoukro, Ivory Coast, 2016
Imam Mosque, Isfahan, 2009
Big Buddha at Weherahena Temple, near Matara, Sri Lanka, 2006
On the way from Ouranopolis, Greece, to the monastic men-only community on Athos peninsula, home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries, 2010
Not squeezed at all: a monk at Pidurangala Rock, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 2007
Between Le Rocher d'Ongles and the cheese paradiese of Banon, Provence, France, 2006
On the coastal path between Grigoriou Monastery and Dionysiou Monastery, Athos peninsula, 2010
On the road between Wroclaw and Swidnica, Silesia, Poland, 2017
Hill of Crosses, Siauliai, Lithuania, 2017
Protestant Church Day, Wittenberg, Germany, 2017
Dealing with the Jerusalem Syndrome, old city of Jerusalem, Israel, 2016
World Youth Day with Pope Francis, Copcabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013
Favela Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro, 2014
On the road, Montana, USA, 2002
Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman Temple, Nainativu Island, Sri Lanka, 2010
Buduruwagala Temple, southern Sri Lanka, 2011
Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013
Honoring the Goddess of the Sea, a Carioca is about to throw white flowers into the ocean. Many Brazilians believe in wearing white and throwing white flowers and candles into the ocean on New Year's Eve as an offering to Iemanja, the pagan Afro-Brazilian Goddess of the Sea.
Honoring the Goddess of the Sea, a Carioca is about to throw white flowers into the ocean. Many Brazilians believe in wearing white and throwing white flowers and candles into the ocean on New Year's Eve as an offering to Iemanja, the pagan Afro-Brazilian Goddess of the Sea.
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar, 2017
Mahayana Buddhist Temple, Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, USA 2014
Turning to Mecca, on a Dahabeya cruise boat between Luxor and Assuan, Egypt, 2007
Turning to Mecca at the Shait Gumbad Mosque, Bagerhat, at the meeting point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, Bangladesh, 2010
Shrine at Gazur Gah, funerary compound of the Sufi saint Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, three kilometers northeast of Herat, Afghanistan, 2004
Barkor Square, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, 2006
Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2006
Turning to Mecca in the dunes south of Sebha, Libya, 2011
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, considered to be the holiest site for Christians since the fourth century, Jerusalem, Isreal, 2016
Gaumukh, source of the Holy Ganges, 4360m, Uttarakhand, India, 2011
Hindu pilgrim take a dip in the iice-cold waters, worshipping the goddess of purification and forgiveness by bursting out again and again: Ganga! Ganga!
Hindu pilgrim take a dip in the iice-cold waters, worshipping the goddess of purification and forgiveness by bursting out again and again: Ganga! Ganga!
Wat Pho Temple, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006
At the Ganges, Varanasi, India, 2010
Western Wall, old city, Jerusalem, 2017
On a Rocket Paddle Steamer between Khulna and Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010
Western Wall, old city, Jerusalem, Israel, 2017
Mosque near Deira Gold Souk, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2017
Al-Hussein Mosque, Cairo, Egypt, 2007
Jasna Góra monastery, site of the image of the Black Madonna, holiest place of Poland, 2017
Practising good neighborship, Wrangelkiez, Kreuzberg, Berlin, 2018
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, 2007
Nowhere else I have experienced such a deep devoutness.
Nowhere else I have experienced such a deep devoutness.
Diwali at a Hindu temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2007
Kerala, India, 2009
Jade sea was one of the name of Lake Turkana….
Jade sea was one of the name of Lake Turkana….
Visoki Decani Monastery, island of Serbian Orthodoxy in the midst of Kosovo, guarded by Austrian KFOR peacekeepers, 2016
Kumbh Mela fair, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, 2010
Church near Loutro, southern Crete, Greece, 2018
On the road from Djibouti to alkaline Lake Assal, 2016
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus alias Ghare Kelisa, West Azerbaidjan province, Iran, 1996
A little church under Sokehs Rock, island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, 2019
On the pilgrims' path to Ganden Monastery, 4300m, one of Tibet's three great Gelug university monasteries, China, 2007
Khor Virap Monastery, 40km south of Jerewan, towered by Mount Ararat, resting place of Noah's Ark, Armenia, 2007
Larger than the original on Rio's Corcovado: statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin, westerrn Poland, 2017
Jade sea was one of the name of Lake Turkana…
Jade sea was one of the name of Lake Turkana…
Cristo, seen from Mesa do Imperador, Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, 2014
Francisco, a sailor, anchored regularly in Bahia de Guanabara in the early 20th century. As an old hand, he knew the bay which was harboring Rio's traditional port, pretty well. Rio in the 1920's was a different story: Upper class dwellers were still promenading around the royal parks of Gloria, close to the Centro. Ipanema was yet a sleepy fishing village, isolated from Gloria and the Centro by Rio's iconic granite mountains. Corcovado, towering 700m above Rio like a needle in the sky and surrounded by virgin jungle, was still untouched.
Francisco, a sailor, anchored regularly in Bahia de Guanabara in the early 20th century. As an old hand, he knew the bay which was harboring Rio's traditional port, pretty well. Rio in the 1920's was a different story: Upper class dwellers were still promenading around the royal parks of Gloria, close to the Centro. Ipanema was yet a sleepy fishing village, isolated from Gloria and the Centro by Rio's iconic granite mountains. Corcovado, towering 700m above Rio like a needle in the sky and surrounded by virgin jungle, was still untouched.
Cristo Redentor, seen from the port, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014
In those days in the 20s, Rio was on of the world's busiest ports, as it was notorious among sailors for serious partying, drinking and whoring. Sailors did not even need to come ashore as business-minded ladies were prepared to ferry to the anchoring vessels. Francisco had just enjoyed another magic Rio party night, full of booze and physical activity. The ladies had already left, and while he was slowly getting sober, Jesus Christ appeared to him, without any advance notice, in the dark tropical skies like a divine epiphany. Francisco immediately swore to stop drinking and to become a better person.
In those days in the 20s, Rio was on of the world's busiest ports, as it was notorious among sailors for serious partying, drinking and whoring. Sailors did not even need to come ashore as business-minded ladies were prepared to ferry to the anchoring vessels. Francisco had just enjoyed another magic Rio party night, full of booze and physical activity. The ladies had already left, and while he was slowly getting sober, Jesus Christ appeared to him, without any advance notice, in the dark tropical skies like a divine epiphany. Francisco immediately swore to stop drinking and to become a better person.
