JPG Magazine: Photos: "Only A Mothers Love" by Akuna Digital Imaging Bendigo

Only A Mothers Love

By Akuna Digital Imaging Bendigo

On 9 April 2008

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Only A Mothers Love Is Able To See The Beauty ....

Thanks to those for the comments and queries on the source of the image.

This image has had no retouching or filtered effect though I did crop it to size.

The 'creature' is a life size sculpture (that among other things includes latex and real human hair in the construction) it is titled THE YOUNG FAMILY by Patrica Piccinini and is on display at the Bendigo Art Gallery in Australia.

I will upload another facial image of the same.

Kind regards
Steve

32 Responses

On 9 April 2008 Kathleen Bjoran gave props:
Oh my, what is that?
On 9 April 2008 Rachel Ballard said:
What the F*** ????????????????????
On 9 April 2008 El said:
Yeah! Please tell us what this creature is...
On 9 April 2008 *Peggy Sue* Harrington said:
Is this a statue?
On 9 April 2008 patrick flood gave props:
This shot is very funny, it should get in just for cleaverness. How did you do it?
On 9 April 2008 Chana Tapley said:
isnt this a sculpture/statue in a museum somewhere? i've seen this before...
On 9 April 2008 Caitlin Stewart said:
It is a statue. Where is it located?!
On 9 April 2008 Debbie Cannaday said:
Please tell what it is and where you saw this... Very interesting!
On 9 April 2008 marshall peterson said:
the subject matter is very interesting, one of those examples where one JUST HAS TO describe what/where/etc... not complaining, but is this photo art? or is it a photo of art? it's definitely an ok photo of an amazingly eye-catching piece of art... if it was your art, i'd said, "wow!"... i hope people reply to this comment as i believe it's thought-provoking...
On 9 April 2008 Eric Abernethy said:
This needs to be in WTF.
On 9 April 2008 *hector* ortiz gave props:
fantastic.... love this art... you the man
On 10 April 2008 photography seven said:
GOD
On 10 April 2008 Lindsay OConnell said:
Wtf
On 10 April 2008 Ashley Andújar said:
Very interesting. This should go in the WTF category.
On 10 April 2008 Brian Jones said:
thank god that's a sculpture and not a Roswell escapee. creepy!
On 12 April 2008 Andres Garcia-Prado said:
wonderfull!!!!
On 14 April 2008 Turi Syahdarina said:
nice pic, but its the pity..it is not real animal...
On 14 April 2008 Bethany Barton said:
ummm, creepy!
On 15 April 2008 Gary Fudge gave props:
Certainly fits the exotic part of the theme.
On 16 April 2008 Mark Ramelb said:
freaky. i agree that it might belong in WTF. :
On 20 April 2008 Courtney Brown said:
This isn't the first time I've seen a picture of this on the Net. It did disturb me though. You should really put this in the WTF category; I'm sure it'd do better there.
On 21 April 2008 TJ Watt said:
all I can do is sit and quiver, look away, and then look again.
this is to freakin' awesomely wierd!!!
On 21 April 2008 Julie Burger said:
When I first saw this photo, I didn't leave a comment because I didn't think it was real. Your photograph is so compelling that when I saw it again, I had to take another look - From the thumbnail I actually thought it was a dog with puppies. I'm glad you explained - it's a fabulous shot! Kudos to you. It looks like Marshall hit the nail on the head.
On 21 April 2008 Simone Fauque said:
...k this actually made my hand jump up to my eyes and i had to quickly scroll away from the image to read about it!! AHHHHHHHH
On 22 April 2008 Danny Diaz said:
I met Patricia when I was in art school, she did some stuff on the human genome project which I did a paper on.
On 22 April 2008 Richard Bruns said:
You've got a pretty solid photo of an absolutely amazing sculpture. Makes me want to explore the planet these folks - or critters - live on. Man, the stories and pictures that are coming into my head...
On 23 April 2008 Samuel Ladach-Bark said:
it is a photo OF art. does not add (or take away) anything that this piece has to offer. In order for it to be acceptable appropriation, it needs to change they way we are looking at a piece of art. Good exposure though.
On 23 April 2008 Mark Warren gave props:
And I stopped sleeping with the lights off......Now. Seriously, very cool effect.
On 23 April 2008 Andrea Binder said:
May I ask where did u find this picture? I have seen it before.
On 29 April 2008 Marie R. said:
Freaky.
On 30 April 2008 mark yugawa said:
0.o
very interesting indeed
On 3 May 2008 Patrick Coddington said:
So THAT'S what they did with the bodies from Roswell...