Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:13 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > We want to hug a sick child. That's instinct. Tubes and meters > EKGs and IV bags seem cold, impersonal, almost inhuman. Of course, > our hugs will do little good for many sick children--it's those > cold, clinical machines--hopefully run by knowledgeable and > compassionate doctors like our Steve who will save them. Still, > the attitude persists. Knowledge can override instinct, but it > can't eliminate it entirely. > > I look at these pictures of Steve's and I see both of those > realities. The pitifully small child dwarfed by these > Frankensteinian machines, and the miracle that those machines might > just give the child back his or her health. that is true and said so well... it is reality, it is what I see, what I saw here, and for the fact that the photo captures something of that... I am very grateful... thanks Peter... Steve > > --Peter > > Re. Steve Barbour's photo, > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2007/icu+care+2.jpg.html > > At 10:59 PM 1/14/2007 -0800, Adam Bridge wrote: >> I'm glad you captured it, Steve. >> >> I'm bothered by the almost Luddite tendency of Western society. >> There's a lack of understanding of science - perpetuated by the media >> who confuse science and engineering so badly that you'd never know >> they were different disciplines. > > [snip] > >> Medicine seems a prime target for this neo-Luddite point of view. The >> idea that technology might help physicians and nurses be better >> care-givers somehow gets chomped by the role of the bean-counters. >> >> On 1/14/07, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: >> >> > when I saw this image I was doing my rounds, and had no camera with >> > me at the hospital... >> > but the scene expressed to me exactly what you said above... >> > >> > so hours later I returned to the hospital, just to get the shot... >> > if the image has conveyed this feeling, >> > I guess it was worth it... >> > >> > thank you, Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information