IMAGES OF BRAZIL: SELEXION 2007 – 047

A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.

Part 47:
Congonhas (MG) – Hand of a prophet statue
Congonhas (MG) – Red and blue lights on church benches
Congonhas (MG) – Stray dog
Congonhas (MG) – Sunset

Congonhas (MG) – Hand of a prophet statue

Congonhas (MG) – Red and blue lights on church benches

Congonhas (MG) – Stray dog

Congonhas (MG) – Sunset

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2017

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IMAGES OF BRAZIL: SELEXION 2009 – 018

A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2009.

Part 18:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Chicken hearts skewer
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Statue
Congonhas (MG) – Yellow tree blossom
Congonhas (MG) – Soapstone prophet statue

Belo Horizonte (MG) – Chicken hearts skewer

Belo Horizonte (MG) – Statue

Congonhas (MG) – Yellow tree blossom

Congonhas (MG) – Soapstone prophet statue

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2009, 2017

Imaging Brazil 246: Prophet Jonas in Congonhas, MG (2009)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

246: Prophet Jonas

The historic city of Congonhas is famous for the soapstone statues of twelve prophets, sculpted by Aleijadinho two centuries ago. These statues are located in front of Santuário de Bom Jesus de Matosinhos. Obviously the first letters of the prophets form the name of Aleijadinho. And one of them is Jonas, who was ordered by God to go to Ninivé, but he refused. He then got swallowed by a whale, but he survived. He eventually fulfilled God’s will and went to that Assyrian-dominated city. The moral of this story was forgiveness. He is looking upward, into the sky, as if he was communicating with God. When observing the weather-worn statues, I was wondering how the statues would have looked at the time of their creation, two centuries ago.

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2009, 2017