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<p>[QUOTE="916Bulldogs123, post: 2707201, member: 75"]This one took some time to figure out and I think I have most of it figured out except the artist.</p><p>This is a charcoal drawing of a Raramuri, or Tarahumara indian child.</p><p>At first i couldn't figure out why there was wto names on the drawing. When I researched Father Lius G Verplanken to find out he over the years with the tribe he took over 25,000 photographs ot the people and their lives. So I figured the artist. did this drawing from one of the many thousands of photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the Father</p><p><br /></p><p>He was born in Guadalajara, Jal., México. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1943 and was ordained as a priest in 1957. He first came to the Tarahumara Mission in 1952. He always cared completely for the needs of our community: he contributed to the effort to supply water to the town of Creel and never neglected their pastoral needs. He built the temple of Our Lady of Lourdes and remodeled the chapel of Christ the King. He dedicated his life particularly to the welfare of our Rarámuri brothers and never spared efforts to improve their quality of life. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]275076[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]275079[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]275081[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]275082[/ATTACH] </p><p>So now i know that this has to of been from one of the photographs over the years. Now how hard would it be to find the exact photograph, online searching of course. Millions of photographs our out there. So virtually impossible right?</p><p>So I got lucky I guess</p><p>[ATTACH=full]275086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="916Bulldogs123, post: 2707201, member: 75"]This one took some time to figure out and I think I have most of it figured out except the artist. This is a charcoal drawing of a Raramuri, or Tarahumara indian child. At first i couldn't figure out why there was wto names on the drawing. When I researched Father Lius G Verplanken to find out he over the years with the tribe he took over 25,000 photographs ot the people and their lives. So I figured the artist. did this drawing from one of the many thousands of photographs. About the Father He was born in Guadalajara, Jal., México. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1943 and was ordained as a priest in 1957. He first came to the Tarahumara Mission in 1952. He always cared completely for the needs of our community: he contributed to the effort to supply water to the town of Creel and never neglected their pastoral needs. He built the temple of Our Lady of Lourdes and remodeled the chapel of Christ the King. He dedicated his life particularly to the welfare of our Rarámuri brothers and never spared efforts to improve their quality of life. [ATTACH=full]275076[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]275079[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]275081[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]275082[/ATTACH] So now i know that this has to of been from one of the photographs over the years. Now how hard would it be to find the exact photograph, online searching of course. Millions of photographs our out there. So virtually impossible right? So I got lucky I guess [ATTACH=full]275086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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