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No face's religion


No face's religion
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Copyright: Elias Castillo (manatee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 731 W: 5 N: 1104] (3776)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2006-05-21
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/2.6
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-06 3:01
Viewed: 422
Points: 8
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This sculpture was in the entrance of the Catholic church in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, it looks nice interesting and antique, but I dont know why they erease it face, I hope somebody can explainme why.
I juts resize, change to B&W, I add the frame and name

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Hola Elias:
Realmente es una rara escultura, y con cierto aspecto tétrico. La verdad que no me imporatría enterarme de la historia de esta imagen.
El blanco y negro y la luz muy bien.
Un abrazo: Javi

Bonjour,
Sujet original.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Try to look in history of France and surely from this place, like in some other places in the world, the statues faces has been erased during revolutions of all kind. This one could have been done during 1789 and following years of French revolution when republicans decided some church leaded by non republican priests had to be deleted or close to public. But also in this part of Aquitaine a religion war in earlier times between catholics and Protestants. :-)) Or simply a bad storage outside for this kind of stone :-)) I don't know but here are the directions.
The composition is a bit too small but quite good and with a question.
Jean Michel

Elias tu firma es cada vez mas pequena. Dentro de poco ya no podre encontrarla :-)
Muy interesante foto de esta escultura. No entiendo el significado de la falta de rostro. Sear que alguien dano la cara en algun tiempo pasado. Algun sentido religioso o politico? Interesante incognita.
Me gusta que presentes fotos en blaco y negro pues tus fotos meritan ese caracter. Muy buena toma Elias. Saludos de este pais frio :-)

Roberto

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