McKenna Watson
A City on a Hill, a story of a small-town revival. An immersive photography project by McKenna Watson explores the culture of a community starting a church plant in Bandera, Texas. A small piece of the hill country known for its abundance of bars and cowboys. In midst of a town with a strong legalistic religious tradition rooted as deep as the history of substance abuse and brokenness, this small church stands to shift the whole identity of this town. The intention of this work is to show the nuances and intimacy of family and church dynamics within the tensions of small-town life. The hope is that the viewer can see threads of their own experience with love, trust, hard work, and sacrifice. But also, that those threads eventually lead to the Creator, who is the motivation and reason for it all.