Art: Spike Mafford’s Days of the Dead (Regina Hackett)
From former P-I at critic
(Spike Mafford )
Regina Hackett’s blog, Another Bouncing Ball:
Born in Mexico City to painters Elizabeth Sandvig and Michael Spafford, Seattle photographer Spike Mafford has spent two decades documenting Dia de los Muertos in the country of his orgin.
What distinguishes these photos is not just his innate elegance but his intimacy. He knows the people in the costumes and some in the graves, has stayed up all night with them to drink, scatter marigolds and dance.
We dress up:
The church outside:
(Spike Mafford )
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