Contact Sheet Print: The funeral of Pope John Paul II, Warszawa, Poland, 2005

Four vibrant frames document a public moment of collective mourning in Warsaw, Poland, during the live broadcast of Pope John Paul II’s funeral in April 2005. In Mark Power’s contact sheet, a massive screen dominates a city square, flanked by speakers and scaffolding, with crowds gathered beneath a clear blue sky. The lower images shift perspective, revealing the dense mass of viewers and the intricate web of cables and machinery powering the screen. Through this layered view—front and back, sacred and technical—Power captures the scale and structure of a modern ritual, where grief is shared through wires and pixels.