--- description: TIME assigned contract photographer Christopher Morris to direct 'Conclave', a short-film looking at the anticipation awaiting the Papal conclave in St. Peter's Square. title: Conclave: A Short Film by Christopher Morris image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6e41b037284f14/6987a44cf887dc5c37e8cae8/cm_vatican_pope_03_13_13_168.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Conclave: A Short Film by Christopher Morris by [Christopher Morris](/author/christopher-morris/) ## Christopher Morris Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2013 11:02 PM CUT  Christopher Morris—VII for TIME by [Christopher Morris](/author/christopher-morris/) ## Christopher Morris Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2013 11:02 PM CUT TIME assigned contract photographer Christopher Morris to document the Papal Conclave earlier this week. In addition to his work as a photojournalist, Morris also directed and produced a short film, ‘Conclave’, about the anticipation of the crowds congregating in St. Peter’s Square for the announcement of the new Pope. Morris has more recently expanded his photographic vision into the film world. In the past few years, he has created [films both political in nature (on Presidents Obama and Bush) as well as for fashion clients such as Dior and Valentino](http://www.christophermorrisphotography.com/#mi=1&pt=0&pi=9&p=-1&a=0&at=0 "undefined"). [**See more of Morris’ images from the week on LightBox**](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/03/14/waiting-for-the-new-pope-by-christopher-morris/ "undefined")**.** --- [**_Christopher Morris_**](http://www.christophermorrisphotography.com/ "undefined")_is a contract photographer for TIME represented by_ [_VII_](http://www.viiphoto.com/ "undefined")_._ --- Conclave: A Short Film by Christopher Morris ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3797863/conclave-a-short-film-by-christopher-morris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3797863/conclave-a-short-film-by-christopher-morris/"},"headline":"Conclave: A Short Film by Christopher Morris","datePublished":"2013-03-14T23:02:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:59:43.720Z","description":"TIME assigned contract photographer Christopher Morris to direct 'Conclave', a short-film looking at the anticipation awaiting the Papal conclave in St. Peter's Square.","url":"https://time.com/3797863/conclave-a-short-film-by-christopher-morris/","keywords":["LightBox","Vatican","pope","Christopher Morris","VII","photo essay","multimedia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6e41b037284f14/6987a44cf887dc5c37e8cae8/cm_vatican_pope_03_13_13_168.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Morris","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/christopher-morris/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6e41b037284f14/6987a44cf887dc5c37e8cae8/cm_vatican_pope_03_13_13_168.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"St. Peters Square, Pope Francesco","caption":"St. Peters Square, Pope Francesco","creditText":"Christopher Morris—VII for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3797863/conclave-a-short-film-by-christopher-morris/","name":"Conclave: A Short Film by Christopher Morris"}}]}] ```