Masks

 

This are some masks from different tribes of New Guinea . You should also check out my friends page http://cargocollective.com/davidpfifferling there are some great masks too!

Show Freaks & Monster book

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Jo Jo the poodle human

Julia Pastrana

Lionel the lion man

Matthias Buchinger

Italien girl

Lazaro Colloredo

Catherina Mazzina the half woman

Bishop Ethel Predonzan

She calls herself Bishop Ethel Predonzan from the cathedral of the Creator. Omnipresence AG. Jesus called her to Santa Barbara to wait for his recurring on 4. December 1964. In her earlier lifes she was princess in China, Moses wife and daughter of Absolom as well as wife of king Salomon. Later she was the twin sister of Jesus but she died and turned into Maria Magdalena. She was Jeanne d`Arc and Bernadette too and now Bishop Predonzan. Her bird talkes with her , saying things like: " I love Jesus. I love Godfather. I love angel Gabriel. I love Mrs Bishop." Creatures from different planets visit her. Bishop Predonzan writes a Bible wich is dictated to her from above. She says:" I never gonna die , i gonna live forever. " I took the photos and information from a Diane Arbus book.

Evolution

Here are some of my favourite photos made by Patrick Gries for the book Evolution.
I only picked ten, but every picture inside is really beautiful and also there are interesting texts written by Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu. Everyone should take a look at this book!

                                                    Mandrill (Papio Sphinx)

African elephant (Loxodenta africana) Early findings of these skulls are probably responsible for the myth of the cyclops, because the large nostrils in the middle of the skull, were held for huge eye sockets.

Cane toad (Bufo marinus)

Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) some older male die because their own upper canines slowly grow through the skin back into the skull and finally into the brain.

Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)

                                                Lamnidae (Isurus oxyrinchus)

                                                     Crotalus (Crotalus sp.)

Turbot (Psetta maxima) whwn thw little fish hatch from the eggs they have one eye on each side. Only in the running of the growth one eye moves over to the other side, because the growth of the skull runs asymmetrically. A few other bones disappear ,deform and show up. In the end the fish goes down to the sea floor and lays itself on the right side. The physique of the fish mutated!

                                    South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

Surinam toad

 After mating, the fertilized eggs are pressed on the  back of    the female toad.Over time , the eggs become overgrown and encapsulated from the skin, and after 11 or 12 weeks the fully developed toads  slipping out of the back. I think i would prefer to give birth like she does...                                   

Severed alligator head & dog head transplant

The Alligator head is moving for quite a long time i think!I dont know how long chickens can run without their heads or if its possible that the story about Stoertebeker is really true (According the legend he past 11 men of his crew after his head was severed )...  I tried to find out something about whats happening in the heads, but there are only some storys about brain reflexes . I wish there was  more information about this stuff because i have a lot of questions in my mind. Also there is this video