Biblography

These books have been helpful to me and I would recommend them for further reading. Not all are 'photography books'!

Paintner, Christine Valters. Eyes of the Heart: Photography As a Christian Contemplative Practice. Ave Maria Press, 2013.
Phillips, Jan. God is at Eye Level: Photography as a Healing Art. Theosophical Publishing House, 2000.
Richter, Philip. Spirituality in Photography: Taking Pictures with Deeper Vision. Darton, Longman & Todd, Limited, 2017.

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