Jonas Bendiksen Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, known as Jesus of Kitwe. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupet (...)
e Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. Kitwe, Zambia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus of Kitwe changing the tires on his Toyota Corolla, as his two closest disciples, Chibwe and Nkumbusko, wait in the background. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two th (...)
ousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. Kitwe, Zambia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus of Kitwe proselytizing in a marketplace in Ndola. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as (...)
Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. Ndola, Zambia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen ZAMBIA. Kitwe. 2016. Jesus of Kitwe pushes one of his Toyota Corollas after it had broken down. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two un (...)
licensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen ZAMBIA. Kitwe. 2016. When Jesus of Kitwe hits the streets to spread his Gospel around the markets, large crowds often gather, recording his statements with their phones and asking questions. Jesus (...)
of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus of Kitwe’s two most trusted disciples, Nkumbusko (l) and Chibwe (r). Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kit (...)
we, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. Kitwe, Zambia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus of Kitwe eats lunch with his disciples before preaching the Messiah’s return in local marketplaces. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he opera (...)
tes two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. Kitwe, Zambia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Inri Cristo. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus (...)
of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. Brasilia, Brazil. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Nkumbusko, one of Jesus of Kitwe's disciples proselytizes in a markeplace. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kit (...)
we, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. Kitwe, Zambia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen ZAMBIA. 2016. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life (...)
turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen ZAMBIA. Kitwe. 2016. Jesus of Kitwe in his living room. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as (...)
Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen ZAMBIA. Kitwe. 2016. Chibwe, disciple of Jesus of Kitwe prays at night. Every night they pray from 10.30pm to 00.30, then go to bed before waking up again at 4.30am for another two-hour prayer sess (...)
ion. Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen ZAMBIA. Kitwe. 2016. Disciple of Jesus of Kitwe prays at night. Every night they pray from 10.30pm to 00.30, then go to bed before waking up again at 4.30am for another two-hour prayer session. Jes (...)
us of Nazareth was a carpenter by trade. On his return two thousand years later he operates two unlicensed taxis in Kitwe, Zambia. Born as Bupete Chibwe Chishimba, he had his life turned upside down at the age of 24 when he received the revelation from God that he was Jesus' second coming. Today he is 43, married and has five children. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Inri Cristo by his residential bungalow. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazar (...)
enus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. Brasilia, Brazil. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Inri Cristo at the end of a prayer session in the compound chapel. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to spite him 2, (...)
000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. Brasilia, Brazil. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen BRAZIL. Brasilia. 2014. INRI Cristo leading a liturgy in the compound chapel. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to s (...)
pite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen While Inri seldom leaves the compound grounds anymore, he often rides around on the premises on his electrical bike, known as “the modern donkey”. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name fro (...)
m the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. Brasilia, Brazil. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Inri Cristo leading a liturgy from the top of the guardhouse, which they sometimes use as a pulpit. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans pl (...)
aced on the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. Brasilia, Brazil. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Inri Cristo’s disciples rolling him around on the compound grounds on his rolling pedestal. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on (...)
the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. Brasilia, Brazil. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen BRAZIL. Brasilia. 2014. Two of INRI’s disciples walking in the compound gardens. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross t (...)
o spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen BRAZIL. Brasilia. 2014. Disciples during one of INRI’s blessings. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to spite him 2,0 (...)
00 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen BRAZIL. Brasilia. 2016. INRI in one of his older vehicles, a Kombi minivan he used to travel and live in. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Rom (...)
ans placed on the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen BRAZIL. Brasilia. 2014. Disciple of INRI Cristo. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed on the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Ies (...)
us Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen BRAZIL. Brasilia. 2016. INRI giving a blessing to the National Congress in downtown Brasilia. INRI (born Alvaro Theiss) takes his first name from the initials of the inscription the Romans placed o (...)
n the cross to spite him 2,000 years ago: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. The first awakening as the Christ came already in 1979 during a fast in Santiago of Chile, and INRI subsequently spent many years as a wandering preacher before settling in New Jerusalem, which is located outside of Brasilia. Most of the dozen or so disciples who live inside INRI’s compound are women. While the 69-year old Saviour and his followers live a private and secluded life, they are also busy disseminating his teachings to the world via the Internet, using YouTube, music videos and live broadcasts of sermons. From the book “The Last Testament”. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen David Shayler watching a solar eclipse from the top of Roseberry Topping, the same mountain from which delivered his own Sermon on the Mount. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 (...)
in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. North Yorkshire, G.B. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Middlesbrough. 2015. David Shayler’s stopping at a Sainsbury’s petrol station which was right next to a church. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an indust (...)
rial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Runnymede. 2015. David Shayler talks to people about the Common Law. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former M (...)
I5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Saltburn. 2015. David Shayler meditating. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whist (...)
le on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. North Yorkshire. 2015. David Shayler on Roseberry Topping, after watching the eclipse. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East E (...)
ngland. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen David Shayler at home. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret servic (...)
es in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. Devon. G.B. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen David Shayler’s laptop keyboard. David spreads his message primarily via the Internet, using Twitter. His scripture The Third and Final Testament is published on his own website. David Shayler the (...)
Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. Devon, G.B. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Devon. 2015.
David Shayler. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the sec (...)
ret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Devon. 2015. David Shayler often leaves small message behind when he visits churches. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East En (...)
gland. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover c (...)
orruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. Runnymede, G.B. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Runnymede. 2015. David Shayler as Dolores. Paul the apostle writes “nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”. Today’s Messiah has an alter ego named Dolores Kane, who (...)
embodies the feminine aspects of divinity. Like Jesus of Nazareth, David and Dolores move in circles far outside of society’s establishment. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Runnymede. 2015. David Shayler as Dolores. Paul the apostle writes “nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”. Today’s Messiah has an alter ego named Dolores Kane, who (...)
embodies the feminine aspects of divinity. Like Jesus of Nazareth, David and Dolores move in circles far outside of society’s establishment. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Dartmoor. 2015. David Shayler. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the s (...)
ecret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Dolores (David Shaylers transvestite femme persona) in a church. Paul the apostle writes “nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”. Today’s Messiah has an alter ego named (...)
Dolores Kane, who embodies the feminine aspects of divinity. Like Jesus of Nazareth, David and Dolores move in circles far outside of society’s establishment. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. Windsor, G.B. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen JAPAN. Tokyo. 2016. Jesus Matayoshi holds his election sermons from the top of his campaign vehicle. Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Commun (...)
ity Party, which bases its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus Matayoshi holds his election sermons from the top of his campaign vehicle. Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Community Party, which bas (...)
es its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. Tokyo. 2016. Tokyo, Japan. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen JAPAN. Tokyo. 2016. Jesus Matayoshi.
Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Community Party, which bases its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as (...)
Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu Natal. 2016. Disciple of Moses asking Moses a question through the bedroom door. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, T (...)
he Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen JAPAN. Tokyo. 2016. Jesus Matayoshi greets followers during his election campaign. Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Community Party, which b (...)
ases its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen JAPAN. Tokyo. 2016. Jesus Matayoshi holds his election sermons from the top of his campaign vehicle. Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Commun (...)
ity Party, which bases its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Moses, the Messiah of South Africa. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the (...)
Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen JAPAN. Tokyo. 2016. Jesus Matayoshi holds his election sermons from the top of his campaign vehicle. Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Commun (...)
ity Party, which bases its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Disciples of Moses talking in bed. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the (...)
Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Disciple of Moses, the Messiah of South Africa. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Mose (...)
s he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Moses in his bedroom. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a (...)
dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Moses’ cap. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1 (...)
992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu Natal. 2016. Moses watches his disciples worship. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Je (...)
sus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Moses’ driver did not have a valid license, so Moses, the King of Kings, issued his own. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lor (...)
ds, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu Natal. 2014.
Moses, overlooking Eshowe. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God (...)
first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Moses being served dinner in bed by Angel, the Prophetess. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God firs (...)
t told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2014. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu Natal. 2016. Moses and Angel walking up to wedding altar. According to their theology, the wedding day is the starting point of the End of Days. Prior to the wedding, Angel re (...)
ceived a revelation from God with instructions for the wedding costumes. Moses is thus carrying a kitchen knife which represents the phrase from the bible “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Hebrews 4:12). Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Moses preaches to his flock during the wedding. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Mose (...)
s he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2016. Followers of Vissarion gather in Petropavlovka. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shor (...)
tly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Vissarion, the Christ of Siberia. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled (...)
around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. Disciples of Vissarion at a communal lunch during a Christmas pilgrimage. Christmas for them is January 14th, Vissarion’s birthday. In 1988 the man born as Ser (...)
gei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. Disciples of Vissarion during a religious ceremony in Obitel Rassveta, the Abode of Dawn. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policem (...)
an in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. Temple to Vissarion in the Vissarionite village of Petropavlovka. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town (...)
of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. A Vissarionite priest hold a children’s service in the Vissarionite village of Sheremshanka. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic poli (...)
ceman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. Kolya, Obitel Rassveta. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as (...)
the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. Followers of Vissarion arrive in the innermost Vissarionite village of Obitel Rassveta during a Christmas pilgrimage. For them Christmas is January 14th, the bi (...)
rthday of Vissarion. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2015. The choir sing hymns and bells are rung at the Circle of Unity in Obitel Rassveta, the innermost Vissarionite village during Christmas festivities. Here Christm (...)
as is January 14th, the birthday of Vissarion. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Followers of Vissarion gather water from a frozen stream in Obitel Rassveta, the Abode of Dawn. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Min (...)
usinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2016. A follower of Vissarion during the Christmas pilgrimages. In the winter, temperatures fall down to minus 40 degree Celcius.In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop (...)
lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Choir hymns on January 14th, the birthday of Vissarion, and what is counted as Christmas in the Vissarionite community. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in t (...)
he Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Followers of Vissarion during the Christmas pilgrimages. In the winter, temperatures fall down to minus 40 degree Celcius. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman i (...)
n the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen At the culmination of the Christmas pilgrimage, Vissarion comes out to greet his flock. The priests and choir stand on the ledge above the lay people, while Vissarion himself sits on his wooden thr (...)
one and speaks and gives his blessings to the followers. For the Vissarionites, Christmas is January 14th, Vissarion’s birthday. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2016. In Petropavlovka, followers of Vissarion dance around a fire in the days before the Vissarionite Christmas, which is January 14th. In 1988 the man born as Serge (...)
i Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Dawlish Warren. 2015.
David Shayler in a caravan park he was living in. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A form (...)
er MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen RUSSIA. Krasnoyarsk Territory. 2016. In Petropavlovka, a follower of Vissarion sheds tears at a holy tree that was previously used by Vissarion for religious ceremonies. According to her, she misse (...)
s his presence here, as he seldom comes to the outer Vissarionite village anymore. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Dolores (David Shaylers transvestite femme persona) speaking to the flock. Paul the apostle writes “nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”. Today’s Messiah has an alter (...)
ego named Dolores Kane, who embodies the feminine aspects of divinity. Like Jesus of Nazareth, David and Dolores move in circles far outside of society’s establishment. David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. Runnymede, G.B. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen GB. Dartmoor. 2015. David Shayler.
David Shayler the Christ was born December 24th, 1965 in Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England. A former MI5 agent, he blew the whistle on the (...)
secret services in 1996 to uncover corruption and incompetence. He has been fighting the Goliaths of the Earthly Judiciary and Establishment ever since. His revelation that he was Jesus Christ came in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to teach humanity Christ consciousness, unconditional love and the supremacy of God’s law over Man’s legislation. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Community Party, which bases its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also k (...)
nown as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. Tokyo, Japan. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu Natal. 2016. Moses’ shoes. According to their theology, the wedding day is the starting point of the End of Days. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disciples in Sou (...)
th Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Jesus Matayoshi holds his election sermons from the top of his campaign vehicle. Jesus Matayoshi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1944. In 1997 he founded the World economic Community Party, which bas (...)
es its policies on Matayoshi’s identity as Jesus Christ reborn. Matayoshi, also known as The Only God, will bring about the end times and God’s Kingdom through the democratic political process. He has run for of ce in most Japanese elections for the last two decades. According to his election materials he will first become prime minister of Japan and reform Japanese society. The next step is to be offered the post of Secretary General of the United Nations. From these positions he will reign over the whole world, instituting God’s law. Most recently Jesus Matayoshi campaigned for a Tokyo seat in the Upper House of Councilors in the Japanese parliament in July 2016. Matayoshi is famous for his vigorous campaign style, where he instructs his opponents to commit suicide and threatens hell re upon sinners. While the 6114 votes he got did not earn him of ce this time, Matayoshi ghts on until the time is right. Tokyo, Japan. 2016. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu Natal. 2016.
Moses’ wedding guests. According to their theology, the wedding day is the starting point of the End of Days. Moses Hlongwane is known to his thirty or so disci (...)
ples in South Africa as The King of Kings, The Lord of Lords, or simply: Jesus. God first told Moses he was the Messiah in a dream in 1992, at which time he was working as a small-time jewelry salesman. Since then he has preached to the multitudes in the KwaZulu-Natal province; he later expanded his mission to Johannesburg and other large cities. Now Moses lives with his closest disciples in his native village of Eshowe outside Durban. According to Moses’ teachings, Judgment Day is approaching fast. The buildup to this moment has been long and dramatic, with Moses singlehandedly fighting the Devil for many years. The resulting End of Days is in part triggered by the conclusion of Moses’s successful search for a wife. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen The followers of Vissarion grow their own vegetarian food. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic policeman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as th (...)
e Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Disciples of Vissarion at a communal lunch during a Christmas pilgrimage. Christmas for them is January 14th, Vissarion’s birthday. In 1988 the man born as Sergei Torop lost his job as a traffic po (...)
liceman in the Siberian town of Minusinsk. Shortly afterwards, just as the Soviet Union unraveled around him, he had his first revelations that he was Jesus Christ. He founded the Church of the Last Testament in the early 1990s. People flocked to him from all corners of the Russian empire and founded an off-the-grid utopian eco-village in the Siberian wilderness, the Abode of Dawn. The community now numbers around five thousand dedicated followers. They have built their own schools, churches, formed a priesthood and their own social structure. Vissarion’s right-hand disciple, Vadim, is always close by and records all Vissarion’s deeds and proclamations. The resulting chronicles are continuously published in thick Russian-language tomes titled Pozledniy Zavet, or The Last Testament. They are currently on volume sixteen. Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia. 2015. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos