TEN TENSIONS:

A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF THE PHYSICIAN’S INNER LIFE

This is a collection of ten photographs. Each photograph is paired with a narrative contextualizing the image within medical literature and philosophical discourse. Every photograph-narrative duet, in turn, addresses a specific ethical-humanistic "tension" that physicians—and all healthcare providers—may encounter in daily practice.

These tensions can be conceived of as "knots" that tighten or loosen with time and circumstance. Deep-seated and enduring, these tensions harbor capacity to complicate and indelibly mark the inner lives of clinicians, rippling to upset provider wellbeing and patient care alike.

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All photographs are set in the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences (NYSIM).