Hal Weiner

All three photographs are inspired by the blood red lighting of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC, for Pentecost, 2001. They are warm and not terrifying; bathed in a light that promises redemptive fire, not the fires of Hell; rather the cleansing fire that purifies base metal and turns it into something beautiful. I was inspired to catch the Chinese Ribbons that the Omega Dancers were waving as a sign of seasonal renewal and joy. The Heart shape was only noticed after I downloaded them to my computer and looked at them on screen. I could not get that shot again if I tried.

Hal Weiner is a freelance digital photojournalist under non-exclusive contract to SIPA PRESS, New York and Paris, and shoots by available light only at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC, where he is the unofficial official photographer of the Congregation of St. Saviour, the resident congregation that serves the mission of the Cathedral and the Dean. He is a delegate to the Episcopal Urban Caucus from the Manhattan North Inter-Parish Council, Episcopal Diocese of New York and a former alternate Lay Deputy to Provincial Synod Province II (2003). Shows include the American Association of University Women, Camera Club of New York, and online at Episcopal Church and Visual Arts.

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