photography; 16×20”

“Monastic decline has affected religious communities worldwide, leading to a significant decrease in the number of individuals choosing monastic life. This trend is multifaceted and can even be paralleled to the decline of organized religions. Will there even be any operating monasteries in the next 20 years?”

ARTIST BIO: Introduced to photography at a very early age, Patrick Affourtit had an initial attraction to visual imagery, which grew into a lifelong passion. Through the years from film to digital, constantly striving to improve his craft, whether it being through a photographic approach, creative composition and light, or with post processing techniques. Being a devoted traveler and passionate landscape designer, this provides him the opportunity to view the world from different angles through photography. Capturing a moment that will never happen again can be both a fascinating and a very fulfilling experience.