![]() I recognized one of the women in the photos. As a result patients often spend what little money they have on an insufficient dosage. Also, a low fat diet inhibits the body from absorbing anti-malarial medications. The disease is especially hazardous for those suffering from malnutrition which compromises one’s immune system by retarding the production of antibodies needed to fight the parasite. The exhibition reveals the many connections between malaria, hunger and poverty. Children are barefoot on mostly dirt roads. Everything about their lives seems foreign and far away, distant and difficult. But it also underscores the degree to which they live exposed and vulnerable, not episodically, but routinely, in an almost permanent state of jeopardy. That is probably for practical reasons having to do with sufficient light. Many of those photographed are outdoors, even when a house or building is in the background. ![]() Each picture is compelling on its own but when you consider them as a whole, and examine common features, you better understand what makes this photographer’s effort to bear witness so powerful. The photos taken in Uganda, Nigeria and Cambodia are of those who either have the malaria or are engaged in fighting the disease in a variety of ways including as community health workers, a guard at a bed net warehouse, or an African pharmacist. The nearly 40 pictures were taken by 43 year old photo-journalist Adam Nadel. Yesterday in New York I stopped by the United Nations to see a special photographic exhibit running through May 15 called Malaria: Blood, Sweat and Tears. ![]()
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