Roma, Thomas.

Sanctuary / Thomas Roma ; with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

xii, 81 leaves of plates : all illustrations, map ; 27 cm.

Creating the North American landscape

"In Sanctuary, acclaimed photographer Thomas Roma offers a compelling sequence of 52 black-and-white images that document the varieties of religious experience in Brooklyn as seen in the borough's sacred architecture. Juxtaposing pictures of grand Gothic and Romanesque churches photographed at a distance from backyards and alleys with more intimate views of smaller places of worship housed in converted storefronts and dilapidated brownstones, Roma subtly calls attention to issues of history and class, revealing how successive waves of immigrants have shaped Brooklyn's urban landscape and how the African-American and Hispanic communities living there now have worked to make these neighborhoods, culturally and spiritually their own."--Jacket.

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Roma, Thomas.
Photography, Artistic.
City churches New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Church buildings New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Church buildings
City churches
Stadt
Kirche
Bildband
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Pictorial works.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Brooklyn
USA

Illustrated works
Photography, Artistic.

Creating the North American landscape.

Location: Library main 233198
Call No.: TR140.R756 R6 2002
Status: Available