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.

More Human Than Human

Lukas Zpira (Body-Art.net) recently did these amazing 14mm deep chest piercings (see more deep chest piercings on BME as well). These are (of course) on Lucky Diamond Rich, who has worked with Lukas before on projects like this.

Comments

42 responses to “More Human Than Human”

  1. Ruth Avatar
    Ruth

    Damn, that is amazing

  2. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    Hmmm right on …..sorta mushy looking all his work but i guess at a up close observation things become clear @ least I hope so….~OM~_0

  3. Giles Wallwork Avatar

    Nice to see Lucky Diamond again.

  4. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    That is intense…looks amazing though!

  5. smurf Avatar

    That’s awesome. Just the other day I was wondering how the scars on Lou’s face turned out. They look great.

  6. Brendan Avatar

    what ‘Isis pt’ said.

  7. Esmerelda Avatar

    Why do I keep thinking that he looks like Alec Guinness in the photo? O_o

  8. Verena Avatar

    those are so intense…
    and it takes such a long time to heal 😛

    but it defenetly looks amazing

  9. toast Avatar

    -envious-

    that is all.

  10. ItchyStitches Avatar

    I’m impressed. I like his tiny pink nipples!

  11. Sitara Avatar
    Sitara

    I’m impressed if something like that can heal. I’m not sure if I like them, but I do like the way it looks like it has rays of light coming out of the top.

  12. elixir Avatar

    they look like they hurt.

    real good.

  13. derkaiser Avatar

    nice =)

    my piercer did deep chests on himself.. he wants to try suspending using the holes when they’re healed.
    with custom made hooks..

  14. Em Avatar
    Em

    He looks beautiful… superhuman.

  15. Nanolii Avatar

    very stunning!

  16. Wilburt Avatar

    wonder how he did the procedure

  17. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Damn, those are meant to heal?! Wow and I thought it was intense when I first looked at it and thought it was for the pic…

  18. PiercedPirate Avatar

    What kind of jewelry is that? I don’t understand how they’d stay in while sleeping/moving about.

  19. choice Avatar
    choice

    amazing.

  20. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    This guy scares me , he pushes the boundaries that bit too far. Good luck with getting them to heal.

  21. Wilburt Avatar

    PiercedPirate: looks to me like O-rings at the top of the jewellery to keep em from sliding down, could be wrong though.
    im hopefully getting a piercing or maybe a subdermal from lukas zpira when he visits lyon. Cant wait, only found out tonight that he will be here 😀 😀

  22. crybaby Avatar
    crybaby

    i love what he has done with himself.

  23. pox Avatar

    I’ve seen massive piercings like that before on Casper, which were done by Lukas. After a couple of years they kind-of healed, before he lost them in the ocean. Takes a fucken long time…

  24. areku Avatar
    areku

    Something about his facial features there that almost look alien. But that’s still a good picture. The deep chest piercings give me shivers whenever I look at them.

  25. La Negra Avatar
    La Negra

    pure art

  26. stormy Avatar

    Looks completely awesome.

  27. Anthony Avatar
    Anthony

    most tattooed person ever. This guy is incredible

  28. deerheart Avatar
    deerheart

    very fine photo.
    the breast piercings look intense.

    i remember reading about fakir musafar
    who has healed holes of the same kind.

  29. Disnoxx Avatar
    Disnoxx

    Reminds me of Bub from Day of the Dead.

  30. bella Avatar
    bella

    Ow. I would love to run into this guy at the beach… he looks so intense.

  31. jael Avatar

    he’s a stud.

  32. Court Avatar
    Court

    Um, does anyone else think it looks like he’s masterbating in this pic?

  33. bob fox Avatar

    WO MOST TATTOOD MAN IN THE DONT THINK ENAY BUDAY CAN BEAT LUCKY LOVE HIS TATTOOS AND ITS NICE TO SEE THAT HEE IS IN THE GINIS BOOK OF RECORDS GOOD FOR TATTOOD PEOPLE .FROM BOB FOX

  34. FlamingFist Avatar
    FlamingFist

    “This guy scares me , he pushes the boundaries that bit too far. Good luck with getting them to heal.

    Posted by ÈMþRê§§”

    how can someone push the boundaries too far? what are the boundaries for that matter? and who dictates them? lucky diamond was one of the first people to inspire me to get mods. heavy blackwork for the win. oh, and his plugs are awesome 🙂

  35. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Flamingfist,
    Im happy lucky diamond was a mentor for you.

    Its not appropriate for me to post the reasons here why some type of mods scare the hell out of me.

    Everyone has boundaries that are internal to themselves, can you not think of one thing in life you simply would not do?

    Maybe your boundary would be if I asked you to jump into shark infested waters, or take a nice swim with pyrhanas?

    I live on the edge and do things other people say im crazy for doing.

    I didnt mean what I posted in any kinda way to offend people, sorry if you took it that way.

    Have a good one hugz 🙂

  36. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    I have such ladywood for him. Ooooh baby.

  37. teenagerfrommars Avatar
    teenagerfrommars

    Oh the things I would do to him in private…

  38. Max Avatar

    that guy is a dick….

  39. flamefreak Avatar
    flamefreak

    I cant believe that no one has said anything about the title of this section. its the name on a great rob zombie song.

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