These photographs by David Katzenstein emerged from his lifelong
artistic journey as a visual chronicler of humanity. His mission led him to
travel to many parts of the world to experience other cultures and peoples
firsthand, capturing images that relate to the themes he is drawn to. In the
process, he came to be fascinated by rituals. The images in this volume
were taken in twenty-six countries on six continents between 1982 and
2019. They document humans in the act of performing a wide array of
rituals, both religious and secular. Rituals depicted herein include those of
Animism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and
Shintoism, as well as the nonreligious rituals of everyday life such as folk
festivals, military assemblies, and parades. Whether rituals are religious
or secular, Katzenstein has discovered, they are all, in some sense, sacred
to those who perform them.
David Katzenstein
David Katzenstein is a photographer based in New York. He has traveled
extensively throughout the world creating narrative imagery for fine art
exhibitions, global corporate giants, and philanthropic organizations. In
2018 Katzenstein formed the nonprofit organization The Human Experience
whose mission is to create and mount exhibitions of photographs
depicting the human experience.
www.davidkatzenstein.com
