For tonight. This past Fall I took a photo course titled "Storytelling with Images" . It was a challenge for sure. I think we do want our images to tell a story and take most of them with that in mind. We were challenged to answer the same questions a journalist would set out to answer (Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?). This image asks "What is that pencil doing on that surface?" "What significance is there, if any, in the words on the pencil? "Where did the pencil come from?" "Whose pencil is it?" How are the pencil and the surface used?" The pencil is on a work table, it belongs to the grandfather of a young woman who was the first multi organ transplant 6 years ago (I think 6) at Boston Childrens Hospital - all of her abdominal organs (including intestines and esophagus) were removed and she received new ones in her battle against an aggressive childhood cancer. This young lady is a happy, well adjusted young woman in her second year of high school - something the dr's never anticipated. She is the longest living, thriving multi organ transplant recipient. She made medical and surgical history and from her, doctors learned many things which, in turn, have helped others. What's the work table for - you'll see in another post.

For tonight. This past Fall I took a photo course titled "Storytelling with Images" . It was a challenge for sure. I think we do want our images to tell a story and take most of them with that in mind. We were challenged to answer the same questions a journalist would set out to answer (Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?). This image asks "What is that pencil doing on that surface?" "What significance is there, if any, in the words on the pencil? "Where did the pencil come from?" "Whose pencil is it?" How are the pencil and the surface used?" The pencil is on a work table, it belongs to the grandfather of a young woman who was the first multi organ transplant 6 years ago (I think 6) at Boston Childrens Hospital - all of her abdominal organs (including intestines and esophagus) were removed and she received new ones in her battle against an aggressive childhood cancer. This young lady is a happy, well adjusted young woman in her second year of high school - something the dr's never anticipated. She is the longest living, thriving multi organ transplant recipient. She made medical and surgical history and from her, doctors learned many things which, in turn, have helped others. What's the work table for - you'll see in another post.