Misha Friedman’s Photographs of Tuberculosis

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Saving Lives or Photographing Them?

Misha Friedman quit his job at Doctors Without Borders to freelance as a photographer. His images of tuberculosis in Russia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are haunting. But Mr. Friedman isn’t sure how much good they have done.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/saving-lives-or-photographing-them/?pagewanted=all

Misha Friedman’s photographs of tuberculosis are dark, black-and-white glimpses of passing lives. In many of the frames — shot in Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia — there is a wandering, ghostly presence.