Los Que Han Visto La Muerte

In Galicia, Spain, a typical prayer of devotees is to beg the saints for a remedy that, according to them, no medicine can provide. The photograph, titled “Those who have seen death,” depicts a woman carrying a coffin during the pilgrimage of Santo Cristo de la Agonía de Xende, in Pontevedra, held on the previous weekend to (today’s) Corpus Christi.
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Image: “Los que han visto la muerte,” 1984. Cristina García Rodero/Magnum Photos.