No Longer Revered

There is a quiet, heavy transition that happens when a season of prayer ends. The same figures that were once the heart of a home—objects that were spoken to, cared for, and treated as living anchors of faith—are suddenly moved. They are lifted from their altars to make way for what comes next, beginning a silent journey from the center of a life to the edge of it.

This project follows these icons as they settle into their new, unintended homes. You find them tucked under the roots of ancient trees, leaning against rusted city fences, or resting in the dirt beside the discarded remnants of the everyday. In these spaces, the line between the sacred and the ordinary disappears. A framed deity sits beneath the weight of damp laundry, and a weathered Buddha finds a final spot of meditation next to broken plumbing.

"No Longer Revered" is an intimate look at this parting. It isn't just about the objects themselves, but the visible space between deep devotion and eventual letting go. It captures the moment where the eternal meets the fragile, showing how these symbols of the divine slowly, and often beautifully, fade back into the landscape of the world.

Household laundry hangs suspended above a framed depiction of Lord Shiva and the Hindu deities in New Delhi, India, March 8, 2024.

A discarded and damaged idol of the Hindu deity Maa Saraswati lies on a roadside in New Delhi, India, February 26, 2024.

A framed portrait of the Hindu saint Sai Baba of Shirdi rests against the bark of a tree in New Delhi, India, October 19, 2023.

 A framed portrait of Lord Shiva, accompanied by marigold garlands and a coconut, seen placed within the trunk of a tree in New Delhi, November 02, 2023. 

A framed image of Hindu deities, encased in a plastic bag, hangs from a tree branch in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2023.

A fractured idol of Lord Buddha lies discarded among a pile of waste ceramic commodes in New Delhi, India, July 15, 2024.

Several devotional photo frames depicting Hindu deities, including Lord Shiva and Parvati, stand propped against a tree trunk adjacent to a pile of urban waste and dry leaves in New Delhi, India, November 02, 2023.

A fragmented idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha lies submerged in a creek in Kurseong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, November 16, 2023.

A weathered and armless idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha sits at the base of a large banyan tree in a park in New Delhi, India, December 28, 2025.