January 20, 2010
Max Aguilera-Hellweg, The Sacred Heart: An Atlas Of The Body Seen Through Invasive Sugery 1997. “I was assigned to photograph a neurosurgeon for Savvy magazine in 1990. As a photojournalist, I left any preconceived notions at the door. It was as if Cape Canaveral had called me 15 minutes before launch and said they had a seat for me on a flight to Pluto. It was that phenomenal. As for my health, it’s funny. I had a horseback riding accident right before taking those first photos. Before that, I had my tonsils out and surgery on my arm. A couple years later, when I began this whole thing, I had viral meningitis. Up until that I had no interest in medicine. If someone called me and told me tomorrow that I’d be photographing a neuro and it would make me want to become a doctor, I’d say I don’t think so.” “What am I doing taking organic chemistry? Nobody takes biochemistry orcalculus for fun. The thing about being a photographer is that you’re forever a voyeur, outside experience. When I photographed the president of the United States I thought, “I wanna be president.” When I photographed wars I thought, “I wanna play war games.” When I photographed doctors I thought, “I wanna put on the Band-Aid, I wanna go in there.” I want the direct experience—to get truly inside.”

Max Aguilera-Hellweg, The Sacred Heart: An Atlas Of The Body Seen Through Invasive Sugery 1997.

“I was assigned to photograph a neurosurgeon for Savvy magazine in 1990. As a photojournalist, I left any preconceived notions at the door. It was as if Cape Canaveral had called me 15 minutes before launch and said they had a seat for me on a flight to Pluto. It was that phenomenal. As for my health, it’s funny. I had a horseback riding accident right before taking those first photos. Before that, I had my tonsils out and surgery on my arm. A couple years later, when I began this whole thing, I had viral meningitis. Up until that I had no interest in medicine. If someone called me and told me tomorrow that I’d be photographing a neuro and it would make me want to become a doctor, I’d say I don’t think so.”

“What am I doing taking organic chemistry? Nobody takes biochemistry orcalculus for fun. The thing about being a photographer is that you’re forever a voyeur, outside experience. When I photographed the president of the United States I thought, “I wanna be president.” When I photographed wars I thought, “I wanna play war games.” When I photographed doctors I thought, “I wanna put on the Band-Aid, I wanna go in there.” I want the direct experience—to get truly inside.”

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