Hans Bellmer 1942
In Praise of MARY
AN ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY?
In 1970, a pilgrim visiting the Shrine of San De Marco, Italy, had a vision of a woman who told him to take a picture of the setting sun. Having a simple Polaroid camera, he only saw the sunset when he snapped this picture. When the picture was developed, this image of the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared (note the sunset at the lower right of the picture). This image was taken from a home-made Christmas card and scanned on December 24, 1997. The photographer is unknown.
2011