Enclosed Nuns Monks Habits Cloister Convent Photos RARE

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BROTHERS AND SISTERS
glimpses of the cloistered life
 BY FRANK MONACO

Beautiful English Text and Photographs of Traditional Cloistered Religious - Nuns and Monks (see samples in scans)

pictured heavy cloth hardbound volume with original (pictured) dustwrapper approx 8.5" x 8.5"; 87pp, excellent condition, odor free

London: Collins 2001

About Brothers and Sisters - Glimpses of Cloistered Life:
Our experience of the rush of the contemporary world awakens in many of us a longing for a place to experience silence, quiet reflection, and days uninterrupted by a constant barrage of external stimulus. But to choose to live cut off from the world—as do monks and nuns—is something many of us find difficult to understand.

During his fifty years as a photographer, Frank Monaco has been repeatedly drawn to spiritual and religious subjects and has often been welcomed as a guest within the walls of enclosed monasteries and convents. Over the course of many years, he recorded the activities in the monasteries of Western Europe. While reviewing his files of photographs taken in these quiet places, he was struck by the common features of the lives of the monks and nuns in their monasteries and convents. "Further searching," Monaco writes, "revealed many photographs showing the side-by-side engagement that exists between monk and nun in the cell, novitiate, worship, labor, meals, and recreation. They are engaged in the religious life like a family…like brothers and sisters."

Frank Monaco’s images provide rare and poignant insight into the lives of these men and women, from a very wide range of previous occupations and worldly experiences, living the monastic life. Accompanying the photographs are extracts from the simple rules—from the Benedictines, Carmelites and others—that these men and women have elected to follow, and which guide every moment of their lives. This rare glimpse into their lives will forever change the way we imagine life within the walls of a monastery .

 

Reviews:
"This is a beautiful book. It consists of pictures of monks and nuns, mostly from enclosed communities, and the convents and monasteries in which they live. Accompanying the pictures are short quotes from texts such as the Rule of St. Benedict, the Cistercian Rule, and the Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. The pictures are all in black and white, but then so are most of the people in the photographs, with all in full habit, choir robes or working clothes.  Frank Monaco is a professional photographer, and you can tell his skill by the subtle use of shades of light and dark which bring a great sense of stillness to the scenes depicted. The camera itself seems not to be there, testifying to the unobtrusiveness of the photographer in his work. Although only recently published, my guess is that the photographs have been taken over a period of several years. But that does not detract from the immediacy of the scenes, or the sense of being present in these enclosed communities. What lingers most in the memory are the wonderful faces captured here, full of serenity and gentle humor."
- Br. Nicholas Alan, SSF, The Society of Saint Francis

The scans will give you a good idea of the wonderful English language text and gorgeous photographs.

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