Julio Sitges

Description of Division III Advanced Independent Project

My division three will consist of approximately 30 inkjet color photographs depicting images of religious spaces and iconography. Drawing on my own history as a Catholic and a international student, I am seeking to reveal my spiritual connection to my Cultural history. Using the motif of churches both in Mexico and Holyoke, MA, I hope to draw a connection to the permutation of religious beliefs transnationally. The photographs will depict places of veneration as magnificent architecture intersecting with everyday life and spiritual commitment of the congregation. The spaces within church interiors are intended to be a space of aura and exalted feeling and thoughts. My intention is to capture that sensibility in my photographs. The spaces of prayer are intended to calm the inner being and provide a niche for contemplation.