Persona by evinrude

Photography • Character Formulas • posted on May 04, 2007

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Statue in a Roman church, depicting the skin of a man who had been flayed alive. And people wonder where Thomas Harris gets his source material for his grand guignol Hannibal Lecter books. Go figure. Thanks for having a look!!!

Comments (23)

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DennisReed

1:48AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Awesome capture!

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Gor111

2:32AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

A fantastic taken photography! This statue made of stone looks really wonderful! Bravo!!!

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carlx

3:01AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Wow!!! Awesome and fantastic capture!!!

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wonderworld

3:45AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Why would this be in a church. I had to look up the word flay because I have never heard of such a thing and ick it's true that people actually skinned people alive. For as long as I live I will never ever understand man's inhumanity against man, stupid wars included.

MrsLubner

7:56AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

This is marvelous. What a view of something so odd and yet appealing. I had no idea such a thing existed but now I am intrigued. Thanks for making me aware and doing it with a nice photo!

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Mondwin

8:09AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Absolutely splendid capture Dear Friend!!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Ciao Whylma

laocoon

8:25AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Interesting piece of macabre sculpture.

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Hendesse

8:59AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Excellent and very interesting capture!!

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tyllo

9:03AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Really nice work!

Valerie-Ducom

10:38AM | Fri, 04 May 2007

So nice and very interesting picture ! Good day :)

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visionart

12:19PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Very Nice Capture!!!!!!

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Janiss

12:28PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Excellent centring... very nice capture!

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mark.spooner

1:18PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

Very interesting image, nice work!

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kelvinhughes

2:14PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

very interesting image well done excellent

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chrispoole

2:45PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

I must admit I'm not shocked at all this was in a church, especially in Italy, they reacon the tally is nearly 30 million soles in the name of God, wonderful photography and a great subject.

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jocko500

10:37PM | Fri, 04 May 2007

I read about this stuff; cool shot here

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jenwencheng

11:22AM | Sat, 05 May 2007

Your photos are not only interesting and beautiful, but they educate too! Wonderful work!

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soffy

3:40PM | Sat, 05 May 2007

awesome shot of this old statue,excellent*****

Traligill

6:23PM | Sat, 05 May 2007

Disturbing and fascinating. excellent capture!

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nikolais

1:18AM | Mon, 07 May 2007

amazing are both: the capture and the story

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pnv2ro

1:34AM | Thu, 10 May 2007

Now this is a great photo.Super work my friend!!!!!!!!!!

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alhak

4:42AM | Fri, 11 May 2007

WOW..great pic...interesting history lesson

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three_grrr

10:23AM | Sat, 12 May 2007

Ah yes, the marvelous things man has done in the name of God .. something to be proud of, apparently. I find it amazing that these things are "glorified" in houses of worship, no less. But, it is part of our Judeo/Christian heritage, and needs to be kept alive so that hopefully it won't be repeated. On the other hand, sometimes it seems that we look back at our atrocities and say .. "hey that's a cool idea, let's do that again". Witness what's going on in today's world. None of it is new or original. Nevertheless, this is an awesome capture ..