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Linda Alterwitz: Injection Site

Linda Alterwitz: Injection Site

Alterwitz, Linda
Ollman, Leah

Hardcover

General PhotographyPhotographers

Publisher Price: $55.00

ISBN10: 1969303034
ISBN13: 9781969303036
Publisher: Mw Editions
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 112
Weight: 2.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 9.10 Depth: 10.20
Language: English

Spidery networks of veins, splotches and other marks of inflammation captures the invisible scars--physical and emotional--we carry from the Covid-19 pandemic

In early 2021, more than a year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, vaccines for the disease had finally become available. Photographer Linda Alterwitz was curious about the vaccine's effects after a neighbor complained of continued pain in her arm nine days after she received it. Using a camera that registers heat, rather than light, Alterwitz was astonished to see dark, contrasting patterns on her friend's arm that spread out toward her breast and shoulder. This photograph--intimate, ephemeral, scientific, and moving--led to Injection Site, in which she photographed the arms of more than 130 participants from 2021 to 2023. Alterwitz explained to each person that she was using a heat camera to make thermographic images, rendering visible their bodies' reactions to the Covid vaccine. She emphasized to the participants that it was not a scientific experiment, but a unique way of documenting the pandemic.

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