I spent the last 3 years in a relationship with a Christian
man (me being a non-Christian man).
My understanding of the world welcomed our wishes without
any doubt. In contrast his believes were very solid and did
not properly conform to our living and loving situation, which
made life very difficult for us both as our love was strong
too.
My partner and I were not able to understand each other in
those critical yet vital aspects. We were also scared of the
outcome of such discussions.
However I was exposed to very beautiful and intriguing aspects
of Christian spirituality which I had never experienced so
intense and close to myself.
During that time I spent many hours with my closest friends
in order to find solutions or explanations... or maybe just
likeminded people.
'The Prayers' are images of my friends and family, including
myself as the photographer, trying to understand and also
trying to resolve the given issues. We tried to bridge gaps
between our own believes and a very different believe in order
to meet somewhere in the middle and maybe to come to a compromise.
'The Prayers' are dedicated to and photographed for this other
man. He received them for his birthday and they are hanging
now somewhere in his apartment. Sadly this project didn't
work out the way I planned it, yet it put me back in position
to where I felt to belong.
