Pedro Meyer
(Madrid, Spain, 1935 - )
Miracles, Trindade, Brazil
2004 (printed 2008)
Digital pigment print
34 1/2 x 51 7/8 in. (87.6 x 131.8 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of the artist and the Evelyne Shaffer Endowment for Exhibitions
2008.34
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This modest small-town shrine features an image of Christ wearing the Crown of Thorns, which emphasizes his suffering. People who have prayed to the image have left orthopedic devices and sculpted limbs, either as reminders of cures that have been requested or as tokens of thanks for miraculous healings.
Keywords
MexicoHispanic
Christ
Photography
RELIGION