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The Last Supper
This was staged on purpose to create this photograph inspired by the famous painting The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. I followed a lot from Da Vinci's master piece, did some research on other works and added my own interpretation.

The Last Supper specifically portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray Him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, with various degrees of anger and shock. I focus my attention on Jesus, Judas and Peter, so the main changes I did compared to the original were with those three.

But let's see what's going on; From left to right:

The first apostles form a group of three, all are surprised.

The second group of three is where Judas is. He is the only one with his back facing Jesus. Peter is in this group too, and looks angry and suspicious. He has placed the knife on the table near to him to have control over that weapon. If someone will try to reach the knife he will get it first not letting anyone else use it. But he doesn't believe that someone from the group could betray Jesus. The most probable situation would come from someone in the outside, so he his looking at you.

The next group of three. One is clearly upset; another looks stunned, with his arms wide open; he's falling because all the strength in his legs has gone. Meanwhile, one of the apostles appears to be requesting some explanation.

The final group of three. Two of them are turned toward Simon, perhaps to find out if he has any answer to their initial questions.

Jesus is at centre with both hands turned upside receiving the Divine light over Him. All of the angles in the composition and light draw attention to Christ.

The number 3, which is an allusion to the Holy Trinity, is the main key to this work. All the composition is based in a triangle with focus on Jesus; and the shape of Christ's figure resembles a triangle too. The Apostles are forming groups of three. There are three objects on the table representing the Holy Grail (A cup for the wine, a plate for the bread and a knife to divide the food). There are 3 seated apostles on the right side of Jesus and another 3 seated on the left side. If you count the number of open fingers (in the hands of the Apostles) you'll find 72 fingers which is multiple of 3. Three Apostles in the left side and a further 3 in the right are wearing black. Three have their faces hidden. There are 3 tattoo skulls. And so on...

There are a lot more references to the number 3 in this work. I purposely created some but at the end I could find a lot more.

I'm sorry, but only a big print can do justice to all the details on this photograph.
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Alvaro Márquez 1 year ago
Awesome; unbelievably good work.
Donaven Pierce 1 year ago
amazing picture
stunning work!!!
ddiarte 1 year ago
brilhante!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
benito_anu 2 years ago
excellent.....
CathS 2 years ago
Yesss! Too! :)
Rui V. 2 years ago
What a brilliant masterpieace tis is! I have no words to say that havent been said on the other comments i just...I just want a giant print of this on my wall!!! Can i get it? XD
Mike Moran 2 years ago
Great work, I totally love it!
Catalin Parau 2 years ago
A concept to be remembered, congrats!
FourHandsPhoto 2 years ago
Nice...Nice...Nice...-100000*
Herman Cater 3 years ago
Very good!
Richard 3 years ago
Absolutely love it!
Piotr Haskiewicz 3 years ago
great work !!!
nice concept
S A Bates 3 years ago
I really love this image, great work!!
Jure Kravanja 3 years ago
superb
Inés Montenegro 3 years ago
Very good work, and it must be an impressive print! They seem Italian, with so much hand/arm expressiveness :) Just curious: you talk about the number of fingers, but how about the palms? Any special meaning in showing so many of them?
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho!
fredy wijaya 3 years ago
nice concept....
Paolo Ordigoni 3 years ago
Simply amazing. You are a genius :) Paolo.
Paul Quiambao 3 years ago
very good concept!
Edy Santosa 3 years ago
just great work
Jacephoto 3 years ago
wow! How cool can it be?!!!
David Rocaberti 3 years ago
Great work!
Reminds me Marcos López version
Codrin Lupei 3 years ago
Well, I guess that almost everything was already said, so I just want to say that are some photographs that for sure are not to be seen just once, in fact that have to be 'seen' many, many times to be completely (maybe) discovered. This is one of them! Awesome work!
all the best
Codrin
photoheaven 3 years ago
perfect ;)
Toffeur 3 years ago
Great!!
Marie-Louise 3 years ago
Awesome! your modern version of Da Vinci's:)
Adrian Donoghue 3 years ago
Fabulous concept, so much to see.
Jeremy Russell 3 years ago
Cool.
What a cool gang! You must have had a blast shooting this! Really well executed, i really like it!
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andrea lorenzetti 3 years ago
excellent work!
Dragan Jovancevic 3 years ago
i absolutely admire your religious works. this is just stunning
Clio 3 years ago
excelente idea!!!
La luz es hermosa !!!
Morefire 3 years ago
great idea end composition
Ursula I Abresch 3 years ago
Good to see more of your work!
Ralf Stelander 3 years ago
Very good! Fits nicely with the other one.
ifdefelseif 3 years ago
great one!
jojo 3 years ago
Brilliant idea and representation...jojo
Dmitry Plotnikoff 3 years ago
Maybe, it would be better if there was more space, it seems to me too "crowded", especially when compared with the da Vinci's
However, it is very beautifully done
David Scarbrough 3 years ago
Been waiting for this one. One of my favorites, as you know.

Funny, my image from this effort was rejected! ;-)

kregon 3 years ago
a very good interpretation.
regards, egon
I just love all the gestures- holds my attention.
Tim Corbeel 3 years ago
Wow, great image!
Ilias Irawan 3 years ago
Great idea and lovely...
Alain Turgeon 3 years ago
This is truly beautiful, great picture Jorge :)
Norbert Maier 3 years ago
Great one!!!
Oww! This is so great and just what boytoma said! So cool!!!!
boytoma 3 years ago
this is so cool!
Deborah Fort 3 years ago
Hey, I recognize this! Congrats, Jorge! You need to add your notes to it now.
De Sousa  Hi Deb
Nice to ear from you ;)
Thanks for the reminder
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