Untitled, from the series Come Sunday
Thomas Roma
American, born 1950
1991-94
A gelatin silver print that captures a charged moment in a Black Pentecostal prayer or healing service, the photographer aiming to make visible the intensity and intimacy of communal faith.
What strikes you first is the calm, authoritative hand of the woman resting on the bowed man's head amid a chorus of clapping, the figures set against a chevron wood backdrop and rendered in strong tonal contrasts.
Part of Roma’s Come Sunday series, the image uses documentary photography to reveal everyday sacred practices in urban Black communities and to honor the emotional power of private ritual in public life.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
13 7/8 × 18 9/16" (35.2 × 47.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Lois and Bruce Zenkel Fund
Accession
299.1996
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