Lalibela on the sly

Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is known for its monolithic churches carved within the living rock of the earth. If their architecture may be stunning, I felt it is how they are inhabited by worshipers that make them truly fascinating. They move calmly from a place to another or stand like statues reading the Bible, staring at pictures of Jesus, or just waiting in the cold, dark, mystic atmosphere of the churches. I decided to treat them like this in these pictures, sometimes as effigies, sometimes as shadows, that are completely part of the structures of the churches, but melt from the light outside to the darkness inside.