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Hands forming a Cross,
Image by Louis Louro (born 1965),
Digital Photograph,
Created in 2016
© Louis Louro Artist |
| Jesus said, 'No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.' |
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| | Reflection on the Digital photograph
The photograph I am showing you was sent to me a few weeks ago on WhatsApp by a friend. It stayed with me. I didn’t know who the artist was. I then started researching to find out who it was: Louis Louro, a Portuguese photographer.
A lot of these types of images float about on social media and via our phones. Sometimes very clever compositions such as is the case here. They float on our screens without us knowing exactly who created these images. We all have become great consumers of images. Every day. We could say that the wide dispersion of these images is groundbreaking and giving young artists unique opportunities to reach audiences they previously had to find through art galleries. This great democratisation of the arts is to be applauded. However, the relationship between art and social media is a tricky one. Art is all about pushing boundaries, but often appealing to a small, sometimes elite audiences; in social media it is the opposite, catering for a very wide audience, but pushing the boundaries of art literally into a square box (such as on Instagram)…
The image today and the Gospel today show us great simplicity and clarity. The simplicity of the photograph and the clarity of the Gospel: ‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven’… images and Gospel here literally going 'hand in hand'.…
by Patrick van der Vorst |  | |
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