Windows on the world - Harlow

Here is a selection of Windows on the world photographs commissioned by St Paul's Harlow which are currently on display at the church. The display at the church consists of fourteen photographs of St Paul’s Harlow and its surroundings which attempt to show unusual perspectives and hidden aspects of the church building. In line with the theme of the display, the photographs themselves are scattered around the main body of the church and therefore need to be sought out and found.

As each of us view life from our own perspective, each photograph in my Windows on the world series features a foreground object providing a frame for what can be viewed beyond. As there is always something beyond our immediate frame of reference, each photograph in the series also contains something which can be glimpsed beyond the foreground image. By framing what is beyond, the photograph seeks to act as a window onto a part of our world and at the same time signals the presence of the beyond, thereby perhaps also acting as a window into the divine in a way similar to that achieved by icons.

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Alice Babs - Almighty God (Praise God and Dance).