Text to accompany portrait: 

Es una cosa normal, una cosa de la naturaleza. Aquí es un montón de fiesta cuando uno se muere. Aquí la gente lo celebran ala vez con tristeza ycon alegre porque ya dejo de sufrir. No tengo miedo. El día que Dios me diga te vas a morir, pues voy a morir.

[Death] is a normal thing, a natural thing. Here its a huge celebration when somebody dies. The people here celebrate death both with sadness and joy because the person has now stopped suffering. I’m not scared [of death]. The day when God tells me to die I will die.

Maria Dolores Garcia Juarez

in San Isidro del Palmar, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Printed on Kodak Matte paper. Archival for up to 100 years.

Image size: 14'' x 20''

Framed size : 18'' x 24'' x 1" in a white wooden frame