Photographic works of rural doctors

From 65438 to 0948, Eugene Smith was sent by Life magazine to Cremilin, Colorado to photograph a doctor at work. This trip to Cremilin also contributed to the birth of Smith's first photo album. Smith has been to the battlefield of the Pacific War as a war photographer of the US Air Force. But in the end, Smith was dismissed because his achievements were not affirmed by the editor. He believes that if used properly, photography will be "a great force to promote improvement and understanding." He believes that practical photography is not about how to arrange it in advance, but more importantly, its content can be understood by readers of different levels and levels. Just like Dr Gianni, who is smoking a cigarette and holding almost untouched coffee, Smith is also capturing the feeling of life between this moment and the next.

Kafka

The Country Doctor is Kafka's famous short story.

If "loneliness" is the key to open Greg's room, then "self-help" is an exploration of the soul of rural doctors.

The duty of a doctor is to save lives. Why does this village doctor need to save himself? Accidental: It was a snowy night, and the elderly rural doctor had no car or horse (the horse died of overwork last night) and could not make house calls. At a loss, the maid who came back from going out to borrow a horse "appeared at the door, alone, waving a lantern", and her beautiful figure awakened the desire of the old doctor who had been sleeping for many years. He's "... at a loss. Uneasy and distressed. "At this point, in his subconscious (pigsty that has not been used for many years), the slut (groom) who has been hidden for many years broke out. Since then, the elderly doctor can no longer bear the evil call (night bell); His soul is divided: he is both a doctor and a priest, treating not only physical diseases but also mental diseases for others; At the same time, he is also a slut who abuses the maid, which means he is also a person with mental illness. In fact, the old doctor's illness was seen by the sick child in the process of treating the sick child. "I lack trust in you, and you are just abandoned somewhere and can't save yourself." The sick child hit the nail on the head. In fact, isn't it just doctors who need to save themselves? Each of us needs to save ourselves. When we sincerely pursue light, we don't know that darkness is coming quietly. When we pursue fame and fortune without hesitation, we don't know that the devil has possessed us; When we are proud of our senior officials, we don't know that one of our feet has stepped into the threshold of hell. "Many people put half their bodies in the Woods, but the sound of axes can hardly be heard in the Woods, let alone the axe approaching them." Once people enter the forest of desire, they will lose themselves. "People don't know what's at home (in their hearts)." What the maid said to the doctor was intriguing. At first, the doctor really didn't know what was in his house, but the complaint of the maid Rosa made him feel guilty and uneasy. "People in this area always ring the doorbell (evil bell) at night, which makes me very painful ... This beautiful girl has lived in my house for many years and has not received much attention from me."

In the process of saving sick children-in the unprecedented experience of life and death-doctors suffering from mental torture always have the consciousness of saving others but not saving themselves; In a sense, the process of doctors saving lives is also a process of constant desire. Although this process-(the spiritual dialogue between doctors and sick children) seems contradictory and absurd, it actually touches the truth of human soul and inner self. The sick child needs treatment, and the doctor thinks, "I must go back at once." I can't let go of the maid Rosa; The visit ended in a hurry before the prescription was issued. "This beautiful girl has lived in my house for many years and has not received much attention from me." I can't let Rosa go; When a healthy sick child whispers to the doctor, "Doctor, let me die." The illness of the sick child is not in the body, but in the mind, because he lives in an environment where the air is so dirty that he can't breathe. The doctor felt the same way: "I am not the savior, let him lie down." I work in the district, loyal to my duties, even too much; My salary is meager, but I am generous and willing to help the poor. Besides, I must support Rosa's life. In this case, the young man may be right, and I want to die. "I can't let go of Rosa The sick child is actually a mirror of the doctor's mind.

When the doctor found the real wound of the sick child-"A palm-sized wound was found on the right side of his body near his hip, which was rosy and had many dark spots, with different shades, shallow surroundings, uneven congestion and an opening like an open-pit coal mine. Deep in the wound, there are many insect pupae the size of my little finger, purple bodies and blood stains. They are crawling towards the light with small white heads and countless calves. " -I feel that there is no way to cure a sick child, because the sick child was injured by the "devil's axe" in the "forest" of desire, just as doctors themselves often can't stand the temptation to ring the bell at night. At this time, sick children have a strong desire to survive. "Will you save me?" The crying of the sick child made the old doctor have a personal experience of the contradiction and pain between life and death: when he looks healthy, he wants to die (because he doesn't know where the disease is), but he wants to live when there is no medicine to cure him; Doctors can cure other people's diseases but not their own; You can save people but you can't save yourself.

The sick child knew the cause, quieted down and became fully enlightened. Because death is inevitable. "It's time for me to think about saving myself." However, it was too late for the doctor to save himself: he not only lost his public office, but also lost Rosa, and more importantly, lost himself. The old country doctor had nothing but to repent alone on this snowy night. Empty sighed: "fooled! Cheated! As long as you are teased by the bell at night-it will never be redeemed. "