Carmen, La Mixteca, 1992, Graciela Iturbide. Gelatin silver print, 17.5 × 12 in. © Graciela Iturbide, courtesy of Etherton Gallery.
Photographer Graciela Iturbide captures death and suffering, using her camera to protect herself emotionally from the painful events she witnesses. What can a young surgeon learn from her about aesthetic distance and empathy in medicine?
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This is an enlightening article written for the New England Journal of Medicine, and while we cannot re-post it here you can instead read it by creating a free account on the linked webpage. It is very interesting to see a scientific / medical point of view on the work of Graciela Iturbide, and we highly recommend it.
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