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A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

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Christ Baptism Backpiece

Written by

Shannon Larratt

First of all, if you’re reading this and it’s the top entry on ModBlog, the latest update on IAM is down a few entries. I’ll post another one later tonight. I’ll probably have to replace a couple components on the machine, so if you’d like to help out, please take a few pictures (if possible for BME/extreme or BME/HARD, but navels help too!) and email them to [email protected] (the online submissions forms are offline). And now back to your regularly scheduled programming…

What a wonderful photo! It sure looks like somewhere I’d rather be than here dealing with computer problems, ha! Click to take a closer look at the tattoo.

Comments

20 responses to “Christ Baptism Backpiece”

  1. raevyn Avatar
    raevyn

    indeed an absolutely beautiful picture.

  2. Mel Avatar
    Mel

    I wanna be there too! beautiful!!

  3. RustY Avatar
    RustY

    God dammit! I *should* know what’s written on his neck, and it’s driving me mad that I can’t rmember/figure it out. Meh.

    That aside, this is a really beautiful tattoo, and photo actually. I liked it a lot.

  4. jone5 Avatar
    jone5

    Tranquility. 🙂

  5. Amelia Avatar
    Amelia

    I love this piece. It makes me happy to see other modded people with the same faith as me 🙂

    We’re not all bad and messed in the head, like Bush is. I swear!

  6. Jol Avatar
    Jol

    That really is beautiful!

  7. Verena Avatar
    Verena

    beautiful pic…

    absolutly gorgeous! =)

  8. Vienna Avatar
    Vienna

    Such a beautiful picture in all… backpiece, father-daughter, the sky, the waves… ah, makes me happy. =)

  9. Warren Avatar
    Warren

    *grumbles* We got snow here today…I’m already planning my trek to the Caribbean to escape it!

    Upon closer inspection of the image on his back…It looks like two “bears”, minus all the chest/body hair, bathing each other in the water lol

  10. gato Avatar
    gato

    the ocean looks amazing… not too fond of the tattoo or the subject matter really, but to each his own…religion was designed to keep order and put “the fear of god” and his possible retribution into them…

  11. goomy Avatar
    goomy

    I love how the little kid is holding on to him 🙂

  12. syntaxless Avatar
    syntaxless

    Modblog tag placed perfectly once again.

  13. ButterflyGhost Avatar
    ButterflyGhost

    thats a really beautiful picture

  14. abstract_virtue Avatar
    abstract_virtue

    what an amazingly coloured photo. Great shot.

  15. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar
    wish_I_were_a_dragon…

    thats a brilliant photo! almost like something out of a dream sequence in a film or something!

  16. F. Xanatos Avatar
    F. Xanatos

    Beautiful child
    Beautiful tattoo
    Beautiful location

  17. rsco Avatar
    rsco

    Shannon-

    Not to knock the gallery/site, but are you the one rocking the PS filters? or the submitters?

    Sometimes they are just a little over the top, and the scene in its natural tones would be more beautiful if more subtle…. just my 2cents…

    Hope you server issues are resolving.

  18. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    2..~_0

  19. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    Amazingly Beautiful picture.

  20. Awestruck Avatar
    Awestruck

    This photo needs worldwide recognition. Insane beautiful.

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