Rachel photographed my old friend Bella Vendetta at our west coast SW event in 2006.
The cuttings- which were done approximately five years ago by Brian Decker, were rubbed with ashes from Bella’s mother. She had this to say about them:
“One of my favorite pieces and one that means the most to me, are two deep cuts on my ribs. Kind of like gills. They were very deep cuts and I had my mothers ashes rubbed into them so she could be with me all the time.”
You can read Bella’s blog at IAM.BMEZINE.COM.
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Ashes rubbed into the fresh cutting.
8:46 PM on June 30th, 2009 1
Beautiful. Both the cutting and story.
10:41 PM on July 15th, 2009 2
[...] old when we photographed it. I’m a sucker for a simple, subtle scar; this one reminds me of Bella’s cutting in placement, simplicity and [...]
1:39 PM on January 10th, 2010 3
I will be doing the same.