What could be more fascinating than not knowing what happens to the thinking being after so-called life ends?

Without being specialists in the field, there is something that culturally inspires humanity regarding earthly life in relation to that unknown space and time that we have not consciously and vitally experienced.

Each individual has the freedom to develop our beliefs. Although influenced by the social group around us, our feelings become a guide to follow in defining our thoughts. These thoughts, in turn, become symbols of transcendence in which we deposit energies that represent strength to us.

All living beings share the common thread of birth and death, of beginning and end, although this end becomes a questionable factor. The anthropology of death is something that has been embraced in different dimensions in literature. Does the time of that living being truly end, or does it become a being that transcends among ancestors?

Living in a world of contrasts allows us to appreciate the distinct cultures and customs of various social groups. This selection from Pedro Meyer’s photographic archive, born from a long trajectory of cultural influences, showcases this heritage through his compositions, framing, and the colors and contrasts of the photographic image.

The diversity of cultures that we can observe in this exhibition of artistic pieces offers us, as readers of the image, the opportunity to question ourselves, to inquire about the richness behind cults and traditions, and the vitality that these transmit to us as a social ritual. What is the function of the cult of death?