© Bastienne Schmidt, Series “Vivir la Muerte”

“Vivir la Muerte began in the late eighties as an on the road trip in different countries in Latin America. After the death of my father I became interested in finding out more how other cultures deal with death and dying. (…) Although death was much more a possible daily occurrence (…) it was not “tucked away”, as it happens so often in the western world.” (Bastienne Schmidt; read more)