A Place in Time: the Shakers at Sabbathday Lake, Maine March 30, 2007

Sabbathday Lake, one of the nineteen original Shaker sites in America, was founded in 1794. While all the other sites are now historical re-creations, this hamlet in Maine continues as the vital center of the faith in the 21 century. Philadelphia-area photographer Stephen G. Williams has been visiting this community since the early 1970s, drawing spiritual strength from their habits of work and prayers; and artistic inspiration from their quest for harmony, economy and perfection.