Abandoned Churches - Unclaimed Places of Worship

• Photographer
  Francis Meslet
• Prize
  Honorable Mention in Book / Fine Art

Francis Meslet photographed several hundred unclaimed places of worship across Europe. Over time, these places have became enveloped in silence, the only thing heard there now an occasional gust of wind whistling though broken stained glass, or the rhythmic drip of water leaking through the dilapidated roof above a nave. Nevertheless, these muted places still draw an occasional visitor. Once upon a time, prayers could be heard recited in Latin in a German church; and in a French Catholic college, the voices of children once resounded to the sound of the bells