Upcoming exhibition at Hellerau Festspielhaus, in Dresden, Germany, from May 14th to June 4th, 2011.

IN NOMINE FIDEI (In the name of faith) is both a quest and a warning. A personal quest for the divine, it is also a broader meditation about the constructive and destructive power of faith. The photographer’s reconstruction through light and angle of buildings and images either built or destroyed – sometimes both - in the name of faith is never silent. Each image tells a story – an intimate or collective tale of faith, hope and suffering. IN NOMINE FIDEI tells us these stories: no words are necessary, each of these stories is left incomplete, for us to fill in with our own hopes and suffering, they form a web of architectural leftovers, ruins and crossroads. They ask us to stop and think. They are the tip of the iceberg of our long-lost hopes. Like a side-road chapel or Shinto temple, they ask for a moment of silence.  read more

Amongst many who have helped me to find and make these images, I wish to specially thank  friends from Rio de  Janeiro, Areal, Vila Franca de Xira,  Braga, Évora, Lisboa, Hellerau Festspielhaus, Companhia das Lezírias and  FinePrint.