Barrie, 1978, Turin, Italy
In October of 1978, Barrie Schwortz was the last person to join the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP). The STURP team traveled to Turin, Italy to conduct a hands-on study of a Shroud that possibly covered Jesus the Christ.
The assembly of this team was brought about by Dr. John Jackson, and Dr. Eric Jumper, who were the catalyst for the STURP project after citing three-dimensional properties from the Shroud's full, front and back image, of a crucified human body. The three-dimensional properties became known after scanning an image of the Shroud in a VP-8 analyzer. All other artwork made by humankind only gives off two-dimensional properties when studied with a VP-8 analyzer. Thus, the catalyst to conduct an in-depth, and the most extensive hands-on scientific examination of the Shroud, aka: Shroud of Turin.
The assembly of this team was brought about by Dr. John Jackson, and Dr. Eric Jumper, who were the catalyst for the STURP project after citing three-dimensional properties from the Shroud's full, front and back image, of a crucified human body. The three-dimensional properties became known after scanning an image of the Shroud in a VP-8 analyzer. All other artwork made by humankind only gives off two-dimensional properties when studied with a VP-8 analyzer. Thus, the catalyst to conduct an in-depth, and the most extensive hands-on scientific examination of the Shroud, aka: Shroud of Turin.
Barrie Schwortz, 2017
Barrie was the Documentation Photographer for this American research team of scientists in 1978, and in 2012 he became a close friend of my wife and I. My research connecting Environmental factors to Jesus' Shroud and the four Gospels, peaked his interest. Barrie also provided assistance for the historical novel that I was writing on the Shroud's possible timeline. My wife, who is a professional photographer and was Chair of St. John's University's art department during those years, welcomed Barrie many times to lecture about photography, and the Shroud, to photography majors and other students. We assisted with his visits to New York, and the many talks he presented at Churches, and St. John's University. In 2024, Barrie passed-on. Below are just a few photographs in remembrance of our times together. He is greatly missed.