About the series: Babel: The Urge to Pray:
Religion is something that has inflamed the United States of America for almost their entire history. New York is not just a multi ethnic, dynamic, consumer-driven metropolis but also a ’Babel’ full of enclaves, mainly faith based. For many people in the city, religion represents a source of community and intimacy with their fellows and at the same time an element of separation from the rest of the world that doesn't share their beliefs. In a metropolis that is all about melting, faith allows many people to preserve their identity by segregating them from the rest of society.
About the Photographer: Viviana Peretti, b.1972, Italy, is an Italian photographer based in New York. She has received fellowships and awards from the International Centre of Photography, CNN, and the Colombian Ministry of Culture, to name a few. Her work has been published in a number of international media outlets including The New York Times, BBC, CNN, and Le Journal de la Photographie.
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