Looking death in the face

“You only live twice:
Once when you're born
And once when you look death in the face.”

Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice

"Few experiences are likely to affect us as profoundly as an encounter with death. Yet most deaths occur almost covertly, at one remove from our everyday lives. Death and dying are arguably our last taboos – the topics our society finds most difficult. We certainly fear them more than our ancestors did. Opportunities to learn more about them are rare indeed."

 

 

Life Before Death noch mal leben: portraits of the dying

Photographs by Walters Schels texts by Beate Lakotta

 

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