Two young riders on dirt bikes stop by a pond below red cliffs, black and white, Short Creek, 2022. From A Backwards Blessing.

Marcus Journey makes photographs and video about Mormon life in America, from somewhere between inside and outside the faith he grew up in: young missionaries far from home, the trail the pioneers took west, and communities living at the edges of the Church. He is Lecturer of the Arts at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts in Natchitoches.

A young missionary in a white shirt, tie, and Mardi Gras beads looks up at the night sky, Shreveport, Louisiana. From Missionary.

Missionary

Shreveport, Louisiana, 2014 to 2016

Aerial view of Chimney Rock rising above the plains, Nebraska, 2019. From On the Mormon Trail.

On the Mormon Trail

With William Casey and Collin Serigne, 2019

Two riders on horseback with a dog below tall sandstone cliffs, black and white, Short Creek, 2022. From A Backwards Blessing.

A Backwards Blessing

With William Casey and Collin Serigne, Short Creek, 2022

A wind-rippled dune ridge in soft morning light, St. Anthony Sand Dunes, Idaho. From Landscapes.

Landscapes

St. Anthony Sand Dunes, Idaho