This image is of a patient coinfected with TB and HIV that is given a daily injection at
Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, Swaziland. In this photo the man became agitated and had to be restrained. Nachtwey is a photojournalist that takes images of conflicts and major social issues in many countries. In this photo series, he is trying to get a message out, the message that TB is not just a disease of the past, this man is infected with a very serious form of TB and many other people in developing nations are infected as well. Nachtwey wanted to break the story of this disease and show that photographs could be really powerful.
In all of the photos in this series Nachtwey captures this sense of pain and sadness. This picture in particular stood out for me because I can really feel this man's pain and after reading the description of this photo i felt it twofold. I feel like I really understand him, I've seen someone go through something similar and I can see how he would become agitated. These photos really make you feel something and I find that to be beautiful
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