Real Photographs of Jesus
and Mary Collected from the Web
This site contains photographs of Jesus
and Mary collected from throughout the web. The purpose of this site is to
document a phenomena that has been occurring worldwide. This website contains
links to the websites where these photographs were originally posted. The
apparition photographs are believed to be authentic, however the author of this
site obtained these photographs from other website sources. Any investigation of
authenticity of these photos must involve investigation of the sources. Click on some of the photographs to bring up larger photographs
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This motivation to design this website began in the fall of 2001 when I encountered a photograph of what appeared to be Jesus in the clouds at the URL
http://www.angelscribe.com/cloudsmj.html. I was struck at what appeared to be a real photo of a man in the clouds, and noticed how I could see the creases in the robe. I thought that perhaps the image could be an angel. Awhile later I came across another photo that was different, but almost exactly similar, as if it were a photo of the same person. I then began to think that these photos could actually be images of Jesus somehow captured on film. Around December I began searching for images of Jesus using the search engine Google. I used every conceivable word combination that may indicate that a website contains images or photos of Jesus. When I noticed several apparition images of the Virgin Mary on a couple websites, I began searching for those images as well. In February 2002, I had exhausted my search of these photos while using a large number of search engines and search terms and phrases. I began construction of the website in January 2002, and consider it almost complete by March, 2002. However, I found several new photographs in the summer of 2002.
Upon collection of the Jesus photographs a pattern began to emerge of the same figure clothed in a white robe with arms outstretched in the clouds. I found it fascinating how these pictures, which were taken at different time periods, in different places (from planes, from the ground looking at the sun, from the ground, etc…), and in different countries throughout the world, by different people, all appeared to be distinctly different, but show the same person. I logically concluded that the only person capable of such a feat was Jesus. When I looked at the Bible, there are numerous quotes that speak of Jesus in the clouds, which only reinforces my belief that these pictures are real photographs of Jesus.
Analysis of the series of photographs of Mary near an evergreen tree and holding the rosary indicated a similar phenomena. These photographs have been taken in Medjugorje, Hartford Conn., and Arizona by different people at different times.
None of the photographs collected on this website were submitted to this website, with the exception of the Jesus photograph from Mexico which was submitted to another webmaster who E-mailed them to me, and one purported photo of Jesus's face E-mailed to me from a man living in Italy.
What is intriguing about the Jesus and Mary photographs is that many of these photos are posted on small unsophisticated homepages by people who have been quite inspired by their photos. Many of these sites contain only one photograph that the
webmaster obtained. It appears that at many of these sites the webmasters and the people who took these pictures
were not aware that similar photographs existed elsewhere.
While a few of the other websites had a collection of 3 or 4 distinct Jesus apparition photos (Art Bell,www.Eakles.com,
Valley Skeptic), few of the sites displayed a collection of similar but distinct Mary photos. Apparently, the author of this site may have been the first to discover the occurrence of a multitude of unique photographs of the Virgin Mary holding a rosary in front of an evergreen tree. At least ten of these unique, but distinctly different photographs were found on different websites on the internet. Four are known to have been taken in Medjugorje, one in Hartford Connecticut, one in Arizona, and three in yet to be determined locations. A similar phenomenon was found to have occurred with the photograph of Mary and child. Six of these distinct photographs, five of which are reported to have been taken in Medjugorje, were found on seperate websites. Again, no website was found that indicated a knowledge of the existence of similar photographs.
An additional phenomena that is of interest on the Mary photos is how, while they are all from different websites, taken at different times, by different people, they all appear to reinforce each other. There do not appear to be any contradictions among the photos. For example, the necklace around Marys neck in many of the photos appears to be the same. Also, the body and the facial structure appear to be consistent among most, if not all of the photographs. The head dress is consistent among all the photos. However some of the dress appears to be different among some of the photos, especially the clothing shown in the photos of Mary with child.
The significance of Jesus and Mary permitting their images to be captured on photographs is not known. My interpretation/description written above is my own, and yours may be different. I think no one really knows the answers.
Recommended Authors or Books
Holy Bible
Lee Strobel - Presents many lines of evidence that support Christianity (apologetic)
Janice T. Connel - wrote "The Visions of the Children" - about Medjugorje
Philip Yancey - Christian Inspirational Writer
Henry Nouwen - Christian Inspirational Writer
Mother Teresa - Christian Leader
Padre Pio (Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti - author)
Jimmy Carter - Political and Christian Leader
C.S. Lewis - Christian writer
Nicky Gumbel - Christian Inspirational Writer
Wayne Weible - Writer that focuses on Medjugorje and Marian apparitions
Michael H. Brown - Writes about Marian apparitions, focusing on Medjugorje
Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal - Writers that discuss coincidences and miracles
Richard J. Beyer - Wrote book "Medjugorje Day By Day" - inspirational book
George Bloomer - wrote book "This is War - Engaging in Spiritual Warfare"
DC Talk - wrote books "Jesus Freaks" and "How to Live Like a Jesus Freak"
