在过去的8年里，我在欧洲旅行了数千公里，这里有我发现的废弃教堂的照片

Between 2012 and 2020, I photographed several hundred places of worship across Europe. Over time, these places became enveloped in silence. The only thing heard there now is an occasional gust of wind whistling through broken stained glass or the rhythmic drip of water leaking through the dilapidated roof above a nave.

从2012年到2020年，我在欧洲各地拍摄了几百个礼拜场所。随着时间的推移，这些地方变得笼罩在寂静之中。现在，那里唯一能听到的是偶尔一阵风吹过破碎的彩色玻璃，或有节奏的水珠从中殿上破旧屋顶漏下来的声音。

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. But who can imagine what sounds might be concealed behind the walls of a crypt in the heart of the Italian mountains, or within a tomb in a former convent in Portugal?

尽管如此，这些安静的地方仍然偶尔会吸引游客。很久以前，在德国的教堂里可以听到用拉丁语朗诵的祈祷文;在一所法国天主教学院，孩子们的声音曾经回响在钟声中。但谁能想象，在意大利山区中心的地穴墙壁后面，或在葡萄牙的一所前修道院的坟墓里，隐藏着什么样的声音呢?

Why visit and photograph abandoned or forgotten places? Why have I concentrated my attention on places abandoned by humankind and traveled thousands of kilometers each year to bring back photographs of them? Must a passion necessarily be explained to be shared? Because sharing is indeed what this is all about: sharing the emotions I had when I discovered places of worship that exist in harmony with the ruins of time.

为什么要去那些被遗弃或遗忘的地方拍照呢?为什么我要把我的注意力集中在人类遗弃的地方，并且每年旅行几千公里去带回它们的照片?是一种想要分享的激情吗?因为分享才是真正的意义:分享当我发现那些与时光的遗迹和谐共存的敬拜场所时的情感。

My book Abandoned Churches: Unclaimed Places of Worship is an unparalleled testimony to these places.

我的书《被遗弃的教堂:无人认领的礼拜场所》是这些地方无与伦比的见证。

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