Chanhee Kim

Photographer
  
Santa Muerte
Location: Incheon
Nationality: korea
Biography: Chanhee Kim(김찬희) is a photographer based in Seoul, South Korea. She mainly works on portrait and fashion photography, but her primary focus is to document the religious and cultural practices of people around the world through visual... MORE
Public Story
Santa Muerte
Copyright Chanhee Kim 2024
Updated Jan 2021
Location Mexico city
Topics Belief, Documentary, Dying/Death, Editorial, Essays, Faith, Latin America, Lifestyle, Media, Minority, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Religion, Spirituality, Street, Travel
In death, we are all equal. Irregardless of one's wealth or power, no one can live forever. However, some are more reminded of this fact than others so people living a risky way of life (gang members, prostitutes, etc) and the underprivileged often visit Santa Muerte, the holy Saint of death, to pay homage for protection, and failing that, safe delivery to the afterlife. Thousands of devotees gather in Tepito, Mexico City's most notorious neighbourhood, to visit the site of Romero's shrine, a key landmark that revolutionised this cultural phenomenon.

Also by Chanhee Kim —

Story

Kartikeya

Chanhee Kim / chennai
Story

Thimithi

Chanhee Kim / Chennai
Santa Muerte by Chanhee Kim
Sign-up for
For more access