Beyond What is Written: photographs of non-believers in the Bible Belt of Tennessee

It was this quote that formed the basis of British photographer Harry Flook's latest series, Beyond What Is Written.

Spending a month meeting and photographing non-religious communities in Tennessee, the heart of America's "Bible Belt", Harry's images explore the presence of religious imagery and rhetoric in notions of the American Dream, and the portraits picture a relationship defined by shared absence from religion.

"The project is about the loss and regaining of community and the changing religious landscape in America," says Harry, a graduate of the University of the West of England. "My photographic work explores subjects borne out of my own experience, a personal investment that has taken my projects in various directions. Leaving religion was the starting point for my most recent work."

Based in Bristol, Harry is a photographer and writer as well as online editor for Loupe magazine. You can find out more at harryflook.com or follow him on Instagram @harryflook.