Columbus, Ohio, USA

Shoes covered in Holi colored powder at the Bharatiya Hindu Temple, Powell, Ohio, 2016.

Thor's Hammer and rabbit's foot at Asatru gathering, Grove City, Ohio, 2016.

Ethiopian Orthodox parishioner with a kebero drum, Maryland Heights, Missouri, 2019.

Book of Common Prayer at Occupy Church camp, Washington, D.C., 2012.

Bowling alley during Lebowski Fest, Louisville, Kentucky, 2013.

Pam Mullen with her Bible and a banana, St. Louis, Missouri, 2019.

A young student at marabout Mantani Seck's religious school writes verses of the Qur'an on a wooden board to facilitate his memorization of the holy text, Thiès, Senegal, 2007.

Tarot reading by Adam Beaubois, St. Louis, Missouri, 2019.

Torah scroll at Wild Goose Festival, North Carolina, 2012.

King James Bible with tear splotches, Brushfork, West Virginia, 2016.

Asatru blessing bowl at California State Prison, Lancaster, California, 2014.

Organic mandala at the Gift of Light Expo, Columbus, Ohio, 2016.

Bhutanese Nepali temple, Columbus, Ohio, 2015.

Serpent, Squire, West Virginia, 2017.

Holy Water at the gift store of the Black Madonna Shrine and Grottoes, Pacific, Missouri, 2019.

Water bottles at the Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, 2016.

Native American flutes at LilyFest, Laurelville, Ohio, 2015.

Roasted lamb at St. Stevan-Dechani Serbian Orthodox Church's annual Serbian Festival, Columbus, Ohio, 2016.

Trucker chapel mud flaps, Lodi, Ohio, 2013.

Church parking lot, Morgantown, West Virginia, 2018.

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Documentary Artist and Storyteller. Based in Columbus, OH.
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