Death gets a passport and surprisingly good lighting in this gorgeous meditation on the inevitable.
45 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestLieve watches over the shoulders of the employees at the Pues funeral parlor in Herent, Belgium, a family business that has been taking care of our dead for four generations.
Photographer Lieve Blancquaert travels around the world to show how different cultures deal with aging and death.
Cinematography
Blancquaert's eye transforms funeral rites into visual poetry.
Direction
Patient observation that trusts viewers to find their own meaning.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Blancquaert spent years building trust with communities where death photography remains taboo, making this unprecedented access even more remarkable.
The Indonesian episode features a village that literally lives with corpses for months—images that will haunt your dreams but weirdly comfort your soul.
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