The Atlanta Church Project or Glory Be Revival of Neighborly Love documents three small and overwhelmingly black community churches. I focused on the ongoing and rapidly gentrified Kirkwood, Reynoldstown & Cabbagetown neighborhoods. These areas run roughly from Hosea Williams Drive, starting at Candler Road and ending in Cabbagetown.
I began imagining the project as I rode my bike through these areas. I noticed that there are dozens of small churches. It was not unusual for there to be as many as 6 or 7 within blocks of each other. Why? What is the difference between churches there? How much alike were they?
I photographed over 50 churches, created a google map, and filmed three churches’ services. Click here for a program of the art show at Georgia State University.
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