Angus Fraser, “The International Temple of Santa Muerte, Estado de Mexico, Mexico” (2012) (© Angus Fraser, courtesy the artist and the Photographers’ Gallery)
With a scythe in one hand and a skeleton’s face gazing out from a cloak, Santa Muerte appears like a cross between the Grim Reaper and the Virgin Mary. Her cult is one of the most popular religious practices in Mexico. In Santa Muerte, out last month from Trolley Books and the Photographers’ Gallery, photographer Angus Fraser documents the devotees around the three most active shrines in Mexico City.
