“On Halloween, the antipathy to being photographed is rarely an issue. But the exhibitionist spirit of the holiday creates its own challenges. People love to preen for the camera in their costumes. While many of my subjects wore real masks, I aimed to capture the essence of their personae.” – Seymour Licht
For millennia, cultures around the world recognize and celebrate the short window between the end of October and the beginning of November as a special time. Three holidays, Halloween, the Mexican The Day of the Dead and the Catholic All Souls Day share a common pagan root: The remembrance of the departed.
