Photography as a Contemplative Practice – Christine Valters Paintner 

“I began to see photography as a way to slow down and gaze deeply, noticing things I missed in my rushed life. For me, the camera provided an encounter with the eternal moment – that place in which I was able to suddenly become so present to what I was gazing upon that I lost track of time, allowing eternity to break in.”
.— Christine Valters Paintner, PhD Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice