Portrait Photography Project: The Silent Pilgrims

There are so many different areas of life to explore with portrait photography. Some can be planned & prepared well in advance. Others, like this location photography portrait, can be undertaked when the opportunity presents itself. This location portrait photography project wasn’t planned. When I met this group I realised it was too good an opportunity to miss.

These location portrait photography images are of deaf pilgrims reciting the Hail Mary prayer. I captured these portrait images in 2014 in Medjugorje in Herzogovina, part of the country now known as Bosnia Herzogovina.

Every personal project presents it’s own challenges. I shot this location portrait project. I had to commincate & direct this group of deaf people without any knowledge of sign language. However they were amongst the most genial contented people I have ever met in my life.

The Church in the background of these portrait photography images is the main church in the town.