FOTOS: La Virgen María de 40 pies de altura como la Estatua de la Libertad

Artist Jim Bliesner stands next to a model of his sculpture, made of stainless steel, of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, titled “Welcome the Stranger”, that will be 40 feet tall and face the border from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church during a ceremony for the statue at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in San Ysidro. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Por Hayne Palmour IV

Hoy Los Angeles

Oct. 6, 2018 11:40 PM PT

El artista Jim Bliesner presentó su escultura de acero inoxidable que es un modelo de lo que será una Virgen María de 40 pies de altura como la Estatua de la Libertad, titulada “Bienvenido al forastero”, que se enfilará hacia la frontera de Estados Unidos y México desde Nuestra Señora de monte Iglesia Católica Carmel en San Ysidro (San Diego, California).

La estatua, que se iluminará por la noche, está diseñada para ser un espectáculo acogedor para los inmigrantes y refugiados que esperan al otro lado de la frontera.

The face of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, titled “Welcome the Stranger”, on the model by artist Jim Bliesner. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Artist Jim Bliesner stands next to a model, made of stainless steel, of his sculpture of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, titled “Welcome the Stranger”, that will eventually be 40 feet tall and face the border from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in San Ysidro. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

A banner showing how the 40 foot tall “Welcome the Stranger”, a statue of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, will look like. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Artist Jim Bliesner shows the model and explains his statue of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, titled “Welcome the Stranger”, that will be forty feet tall and face the border from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

With a banner showing how the forty foot tall “Welcome the Stranger”, a statue of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, will look like behind him, Bishop Robert McElroy speaks during a ceremony for the statue at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in San Ysidro. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Church member Antony Medina and others tie ribbons, each one with a name of someone affected by U.S. immigration policy written on it, on a fence during a ceremony for the statue of the Virgin Mary as the Statue of Liberty, titled “Welcome the Stranger” at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in San Ysidro. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Church members tie ribbons, each one with a name of someone affected by U.S. immigration policy written on it, on a fence. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Hayne Palmour IV

Hayne Palmour IV has been working as a newspaper photographer in San Diego County since 1986. During that time he has covered most of the major news and sports events in San Diego County. In between 2003 and 2005 he went on three separate trips to cover the war in Iraq as an embedded journalist with Camp Pendleton Marines. In 2003 the North County Times published a book of Palmour’s photographs, along with text by reporter Darrin Mortenson, on the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq titled “A Thousand Miles to Baghdad.” Hayne has an associates degree in photography from Chowan College, in North Carolina and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He joined the U-T in 2012. Hayne lives in Encinitas.