aids thailand project Patient on his last day alive. Wat Phra Bat Nam Po, LopBuri, Thailand

Image taken as part of a photo story on the AIDS crisis in Thailand.

This is simply an amazing shot. Looks too posed to be of a real person though. Regardless it certainly raises many, many questions.

This is a truly frightening photo.

 

Doesn't seem posed at all to me.

 

Living in Maesai, Thailand I've seen way too much of this type of thing. Images such as this need to be seen by people. It captures perfectly the slow wasting away that this disease entails.

I`ll do my levelheaded best not to get upset at the `POSED` comment above,I think a lot MORE work in imagery is needed there. This is just wordless. This is why I try to photograph.Sometimes it`s so much more than a thousand words even come close to.Not many things come close to having the last image of a human being alive.I know I couldn`t do this work,people who do,I think extraordinary.If you have the capacity,make them listen to those thousand words.Bravo

 

the thumb nail of this looks stunning, its a shame the enlarged one is very pixelated. Regardless, this is a harrowing image, and I agree with those above who have said no matter how upsetting, these images need to be seen by a wide audience.

I wish you focused more on him (gotten closeer) instead of the steel bars of the bed. There isn't as strong a sense of humanity as there could be.

Photojounalism with impact.

Shouldn't the patient's identity be protected? There are issues of medical confidentiality here. Was informed consent obtained from the patients? The social repercusions of revelation of the identity of the patient for the family might be devastating.

I volunteered at the hospice and was given full acess to photograph by the hospital founder. this particular hospice is for people who have been shunned by their families and villages. I feel the story should be told, the effects of this disease are horrible.

I like the focus where it is. The hand suggests dying alone, as so many of them are. I think you did a great job here. I also think it's important to document stories like this one. it's important that their stories are told, and I you have told this one with a strong emotional impact.

One's got to ask the point here? That it conveys a "shocking message" is one thing. That this bounds on morbid curiosity is quite another. This comment being out of context for the reasons why this particular picture was taken in the first place and why you were there. Your caption doesn't help - thus lending emphasis to the second item listed. Had you mentioned something like "dying from aids" may have put the picture in a better context.

Rogan , good point on the caption, it could have used more thought. Thanks ,Mark...

I think the composition of this image is excellent. If anything I would suggest showing more of the subjects body. Additionally, everything in this image fits and tells a story. I think this is an excellent piece of photo-journalism.

It is simply an image that invokes a strong emotional response.

The image is a little small, but it is such a nice moment. Wonderful photo.

Portrays emotion very well.

The position of the hand really draws out the misery of the subject. Well done!

powerful

These photos must have been difficult to shoot. The frail arm perpendicular to the steel bar; the fragility of life and how we walk a thin line.

3 Lions,

 

This a great one. What kind of care do you give these people and what medical help is available for them? I admire greatly anyone who has the compassion and strength to do this kind of work.

The hand is what catches my eye. It's because it look far too big for that arm. This picture should blink every 10 minutes on the jumbo screen in Times Square. Bravo!