"It doesn't get any more 'New England' than this"
Finalist in the 2010 New England Book Awards
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Paul Wainwright's photographs capture the essence of Colonial New England and its early Puritan settlers
by painting a composite portrait of the New England meetinghouse.
And Peter Benes' essay tells the history - and stories - of these important
yet little known icons of American history.
It is truly a glimpse into the past.
A book for both readers of history and lovers of historical architecture and fine photography.
A perfect gift for yourself or others.
Media praise for A Space for Faith:
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"Wainwright's photographs are caretakers of memory and history."
- Justin Shatwell, Yankee Magazine, November/December 2009
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"His goal was not to create glossy, ready-for-postcard portraits of the proud old buildings
where townspeople once gathered to both vote on community business and to share their faith.
He set out to photograph the history, the souls of those buildings and the souls of those who gathered in them."
- Victoria Shouldis,
Concord Monitor, July 15, 2010
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"You have to settle in with the book for a few moments, and stop to study its contents.
Read the scattered quotes from hymns written by William Billings.
Ponder.
You will be rewarded."
- Lisa Parsons,
Hippo Press, July 15, 2010
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"As a new arrival in Boston, a Midwesterner with a history of confronting the cultural history of “out (or “back”) East,”
and a long-time admirer of Paul Strand’s Time in New England,
I can feel a synchronous meshing with Wainwright’s project and with the society these gathering places served."
- George Slade, Program Manager/Curator, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
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Reader Comments:
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"... It truly is stunning and I hope it gets the recognition that it deserves.
I am looking forward to sitting down with it and having a leisurely stroll through all the beautiful pages."
- Bonnie Bryant Hiller, New York, NY
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"It is truly a beautiful book... It makes me homesick - the photos - they are beautiful."
- Victoria Kneip, Mobile, Alabama
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"I received my copy of your wonderful meetinghouse book, and it was worth the wait....
Your interior photos were fantastically moving to me.
Thanks for all your hard work."
- Steve Dixon, Asheville, North Carolina
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"In a world where mega churches with projection screens behind the wealthy pastor
have blurred the separation of church and state and where theology has been reduced to political sound bites,
those stark silent churches stand to remind us that a more profound and personal version of faith built this nation.
Hopefully works like this [book] will continue to draw interest to insure their preservation.
Thanks for such a wonderful book of photographs."
- Gary Thomas, Fort Collins, Colorado
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