synopsis
This book is an investigation into the eccentric forms that faith can take in the United States.
While capitalism has always found fertile ground in American Protestantism, recent years have seen the birth of religious offerings worthy of the best marketing departments.
Creationist amusement parks, naturist churches, bicycle preachers, and other oddities offer everyone the opportunity to live their faith as they wish, within their community.
Cyril Abad's photographs succeed in showing without judging, opening unexpected doors and making a disconcerting reality palpable.
While capitalism has always found fertile ground in American Protestantism, recent years have seen the birth of religious offerings worthy of the best marketing departments.
Creationist amusement parks, naturist churches, bicycle preachers, and other oddities offer everyone the opportunity to live their faith as they wish, within their community.
Cyril Abad's photographs succeed in showing without judging, opening unexpected doors and making a disconcerting reality palpable.
technical information
Published in 2020
Pyramyd / Revelatoer editors
Language : french + english
Pages : 175
Dimensions : 17.5 x 24.8 cm
Pyramyd / Revelatoer editors
Language : french + english
Pages : 175
Dimensions : 17.5 x 24.8 cm
about Cyril Abad
Cyril Abad is a French long term documentary photographer, photojournalist working for international press for the last 12 years. His photographic work is directly inspired by humanist photography and creates a bridge between documentary and street photography. His work is recognized for my offbeat look at the place of man in society.
His projects such as “In god we trust”, “The snake church”, “The last dreamers” and more recently “Journey in the Baltic Sovietland” are regularly published in the international press like National Geographic, Geo, Le Figaro magazine, The Guardian, Stern mag, Geo, Wired, Internazionale, Le Monde, Aftenposten,… among others and are exhibited in international festivals such as the international festival of photojournalism VISA pour l’image in 2019, the International Biennial of Photography in Clermont-Ferrand in 2020, or the Milano international Street photography festival in 2017. He is a very happy member of the Inland Stories agency.
On the other hand, to finance his documentary projects he has been working for more than 12 years as a corporate photographer for large companies around the world in different sectors: industry, energy, building, aeronautics and advertising. You can find his references and a portfolio dedicated to his activity as a corporate photographer.
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Published in 2020
1st edition
Pyramyd / Revelatoer editors
Language : french + english
Pages : 175
Dimensions : 17.5 x 24.8 cm
hand signed and dedicated
1st edition
Pyramyd / Revelatoer editors
Language : french + english
Pages : 175
Dimensions : 17.5 x 24.8 cm
hand signed and dedicated