For the last 25 years, photographer Sam Fentress has travelled America taking architectural photographs as his full-time profession. Along the way, he has encountered illustrative signs of faith along the nation's highways, country roads and back alleyways. "Bible Road: Signs of Faith in the American Landscape" is the result of these sometimes sought, sometimes serendipitous encounters. A photographic chronicle emerges from the most unlikely places, from beauty salon windows to highway pylons and burger joint marquees. These pictures, both individually and collectively, offer a remarkable insight into a distinctly American religious phenomenon, which may cause us to reflect on our own religious cultures and attitudes.
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Sam Fentress is a commercial and fine-arts photographer living in St. Louis. His photographs have appeared in over 60 magazines worldwide. Photographs from this series have been acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, Princeton University Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Bibliotheque Nationale De France. His photographs have been included in solo and group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the O.K. Harris Gallery in New York, and elsewhere.
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Remarkable in both form and message,
This review is from: Bible Road: Signs of Faith in the American Landscape (Hardcover)
There are few photography books that are able to capture America's diversity without conveying a bias or revealing the photographer's opinions of his or her subject. Bible Road provides a fascinating look into religion in America through an objective voice you won't find many places. After paging through the book cover-to-cover (the photography is so compelling, cover-to-cover is the only way you'll read it), I realized that not only was I impressed with Fentress' photography, but I found myself in that contemplative state that great photos conjure in each of us. The photos span decades, cultures, geography and socio-economic backgrounds. In an age where controversy surrounding freedom of expression and religious idealism are on the news every day, this book could not be more timely. Bible Road captures the convergence of religion, free-speech, and art with remarkable clarity and form. What an important book. Well done.
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Put this on the kitchen table and see what happens,
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That's what I did. The different reactions are fascinating. Nobody stopped turning the pages until they reached the back cover.Some of the photographs are very amusing, some are heart-wrenching, and some are simply a great piece of what may be a soon-obsolete form of folk Americana. A real change from
the "close-up of a leaf" photography books; this one has soul.
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Bible Road,
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This is a beautifully designed book of black and white and color photographs, gorgeously printed. The pictures, of religious road signs througout the country, range from the tenderly soulful to the borderline psychotic and are a fascinating and-- through the eyes of this photgrapher-- loving portrait of the USA.
A real gem, the collection of images stirs the spirit in a way that none of the religious signs alone could do.
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