Joey Delgado
Henri Huet, "Army Medic"
1967
I selected this photo because it resonates with me. I am going to school right now to become a nurse and I plan on enlisting into the army as a combat medic after I become a licensed nurse.
This photo depicts helplessness. The medic's expression on his face displays despair. The man he is working on is most likely going to die, and he knows that he cannot save him. His hand are gently touching the wounded's face and he is covering his eyes so that he cannot look down at his wounds. The medic is trying to give the wounded man hope, even though the medic knows that he is not going to make it. The background is blank, no one is around and the medic is sitting there on the field with a man dying in his arms. Completely alone.