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After Physio this morning I took my first walk around the city in ages. My leg still is very sore but it was worth the pain!
November 28, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
More of an experiment tonight and mainly down to laziness. Couldn't be bothered to swap the lens on the camera so stuck with the 50mm prime to see what I could capture of a physiogram. Lined it up so it was coming from the top corner. When I saw the trial one I realised that rotating the camera would give me a second so gave it ago. This is the first try and I like it. I like the feeling that your seeing a small snippet of a big gathering of physiograms.
I had decided to walk home from my physio appointment because it would give me some exercise to replace what I’m not getting cycling these days. It also occurred to me that there would be a greater possibility of meeting a stranger on the streets than on the subway. More than halfway home I took stock. I was having a good walk but I wasn’t meeting anyone that piqued my interest. Just then I saw this man cross the street in front of me and I found his friendly face, impressive white beard, and knit cap on a hot summer day intriguing. Too bad he was heading into an apartment building before I could catch up. Wait a minute. Instead of entering the building, he settled onto a chair against the brick front of the building to have a rest and enjoy his frozen fruit stick. Lady Luck had smiled on my after all.
He saw me entering the narrow space between the iron fence and the building and watched my approach with a friendly interest. “Hello there” he said. I returned the greeting and introduced myself, explaining my Human Family photography project and why I was asking him to participate. “I think your friendly face and beard would make you a good subject.” I showed him my contact and pointed out that I have a particular interest in people of different ages and ethnicities. He nodded and we shook hands. Meet Michael. “Sure” he said. “I don’t mind.”
I went into the usual rap about how I would take a few photos to guard against blinks or missed focus and all I requested of him was to look directly into the lens of my camera. Michael had a relaxed presence and accommodated this unanticipated development in his day in a friendly way. I took a few photos, then decided to step onto the sidewalk and take a somewhat wider photo from the other side of the fence in order to show a bit more of the situation and the message on his t-shirt.
Photos taken, I lowered my camera and we chatted. Michael is 55 and was born in Toronto. He explained that his mother is from Jamaica and his father is from Ghana. When I asked if he had ever been to Ghana or Jamaica he said “Yes. Both. I’ve lived in Jamaica and I’ve lived in Ghana, but I’m Canadian.” When I asked which country he liked best he said “Canada for sure.” I asked why. He said “Because Canada has financial support. Jamaica and Ghana don’t.” He told me he works for the building he lives in. He collects the garbage for the housing. I told him I liked the message on his shirt: “Life is too short not to be Jamaican.” He smiled. When I asked what he enjoys doing when he’s not working or watching the world pass by his building he smiled and said “I love music.” I said “That proves you’re a true Jamaican” and he nodded.
When I asked Michael what his message for the project would be he thought for a moment and said “Every citizen should be diligent.” When I didn’t understand his meaning, I asked for an example to explain what that means to him. He said “It means everyone should be kind and help others.” I told him he lives by his message because he had been very kind to me and had helped me with my project. He smiled. I also said he had been patient to “put up with my shenanigans” with my camera and he chuckled. “No problem.” He said he had an email but wasn’t sure of the address or if it was working. I invited him to email me at the address on the contact card and if it works, I will be happy to send him a copy of the photo.
I thanked Michael and told him I was glad I had stopped to meet him. He wished me a good day and good luck with my project.
Thank you Michael for taking a few minutes to meet and participate in my photography project. This is my 308th submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
Close - ups of the figures around the sides of the physio cake with a short explanation of each one .... they are nearly all part of the hideous uniform we had to wear at St Thomas' while we were training !
1) A divided skirt with a flap-over at the front and back (a skort in fact .... we were ahead of the times !!), with a light brown and white striped short sleeved shirt and a V-neck sweater. We wore this in class and when we were in the gym with patients.
2) The very worse bit of the uniform ..... brown cotton "play suits" which we had to make ourselves and which we wore to practice massage and for our electrotherapy practical lectures.
3) When we went outside or walked from the physio school to St Thomas' we wore these long capes ..... just like nurses capes but in brown gaberdine and lined in beige wool ....... I still have mine in the loft !
We also had a long navy, burgundy and white striped hospital scarf ...... the best bit of the uniform !
4) In our last six months of training we were referred to as "finalists" and we wore a brown belt with our white coats to distinguish us.
5) The qualified physio staff wore brown and white striped epaulettes on their white coats. The black "snake" this physio is holding is meant to be part of the equipment for short wave diathermy ..... a form of electrical deep heat, long since abandoned ! This coil was called a helix (there were also S-shaped double helixes ) ...... you had to create these helix coils yourself out of these long tubes which had a life of their own !!! They were the bane of my student life !! ;o))
6) This is meant to be our anatomy lecturer who, when we were doing dissections in the Anatomy Department of the Medical School, would appear with a disembodied limb wrapped in a green cloth tucked under her arm !! I can assure you, seriously, that we honestly always treated these dissections with a great deal of respect knowing they were once somebody's relative.
All just under 3" high.
I was rather pleased with these until DH remarked "I didn't know the Piltdown Man was a physio .... "
After Physio this morning I took my first walk around the city in ages. My leg still is very sore but it was worth the pain!
Cashel St November 28, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
After Physio this morning I took my first walk around the city in ages. My leg still is very sore but it was worth the pain!
Hereford Street November 28, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
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As ICU Consultant and Clinical Director of Support Services, Meera faced a “sheer fear of the unknown” as she treated “suddenly very ill” patients. In this “very difficult year to cope”, she worked hard to ensure there was “enough equipment, medicines, even oxygen.” She feels the NHS has “been severely affected” as “staff have worked extremely hard physically and mentally”, with a “big burden” now to deal with after “non-essential work had to stop”. She hopes “more mental support” will be made available as “witnessing colleagues being ill [has] been very traumatic”, and “not being able to deal with all the bereaved has been very difficult too.” She hopes “in future the vaccine works and we get this problem under control.”
Meera is one of 67 NHS staff I photographed across George Eliot Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic first wave.
"Humans of the Pandemic" features portraits and thoughts from many roles incl doctors, domestics, maternity, mortuary, nurses, pathology, pharmacy, physio, and surgery – to name a few.
See the full project gallery on my link in bio, or www.matthewthompson.co.uk/humans-of-the-pandemic
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Teaching the Circulatory System to 7th grade Waldorf students. 12.09
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From Wiki:- The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham County Borough in north east Wales. Completed in 1805, it is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, a Grade I Listed Building and a World Heritage Site. When the bridge was built it linked the villages of Froncysyllte, at the southern end of the bridge in the Cysyllte township of Llangollen parish ( and Trevor, at the northern end of the bridge in the Trefor Isaf township of Llangollen parish.
More here .. www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk/en-gb/discover-world-heri...