World Photography Organisation: Hierotopia Interview

“Land and faith: Kieran Dodds’ Hierotopia“, an interview following the Sony World Photography Award for Hierotopia.

 

Kieran Dodds World Photography Organisation: Hierotopia Interview Gebita Giyorgis Church surrounding by forest canopy with encroaching fields. Church forest land surrounding churches have become islands of biodiversity in seas of agriculture, the last remnants of a once-expansive native cover. Conservation is a key tenet of the Tewahdo Ethiopian Orthodox which has protected them until now when these forests are threatened like never before as agriculture expands to cope with the country's booming population which is due to double over the next 30 years.
Kieran Dodds World Photography Organisation: Hierotopia Interview A tithe box for beside a brightly-coloured wall at Robit Bahita church. Church forest land surrounding churches have become islands of biodiversity in seas of agriculture, the last remnants of a once-expansive native cover. Conservation is a key tenet of the Tewahdo Ethiopian Orthodox which has protected them until now when these forests are threatened like never before as agriculture expands to cope with the country's booming population which is due to double over the next 30 years.
Kieran Dodds World Photography Organisation: Hierotopia Interview Chimba Michael church in West Gojam, showing almost complete loss of the forest canopy. Church forest land surrounding churches have become islands of biodiversity in seas of agriculture, the last remnants of a once-expansive native cover. Conservation is a key tenet of the Tewahdo Ethiopian Orthodox which has protected them until now when these forests are threatened like never before as agriculture expands to cope with the country's booming population which is due to double over the next 30 years.