ジョン・スタンメイヤーのインスタグラム(johnstanmeyer) - 11月25日 12時24分

Olive trees in #Gethsemane, the garden located at the foot of the #MountofOlives in #Jerusalem, where according to the New Testament #Jesus stayed and prayed on the night before His crucifixion.

While on assignment for National Geographic magazine earlier this year for part III of @OutofEdenWalk, I was following a fellow by the name of Carl James Joseph, an American also known as the Jesus Guy for his emulation of Christ. Even barefoot, Carl walked fast. So fast that when we reached the Church of All Nations, I lost him in the crowd.

Having never been to the Church of All Nations nor this part of Jerusalem, I realized just next to it was Gethsemane, the garden believed to be where Jesus spent His final night with three of the Apostles — James, John and Peter — before being crucified.

That evening, this ancient field of olive trees (some dating to 1090 AD/CE) was bathed in green light, compounding the brilliance of olive colored leaves in a surreal evening swash of viridescence.
Unable to decipher how this important garden would fit into the story, I couldn’t help ponder the weight and measure of this historic location, the reference of events that connect to the Last Supper and what is known as the Agony in the Garden.

This photograph stayed in the final presentation, one of nearly 50 photographs presented in the final projection of the story to editors at National Geographic in DC. I knew it would never see ink on paper in the magazine, nor likely pixels on an iPad. Even so, I photograph for myself, for appreciation and reflection. This vignette from Gethsemane is one I’ll remember as an intriguing evening spent following (and getting briefly lost) from the Jesus Guy, the poetry of the lamplight and the weight and measure of history which is this unique garden of olive trees.

Be sure to pick up the December issue of National Geographic, "Blessed. Cursed. Claimed”, part III of the Out of Eden Walk project, now available on newsstands and in your mailboxes.

All my best,

John

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