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If you can’t bear to see this needless suffering, you can always step back.

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QU / An open invitation

Look closer.

If you can’t bear to see this needless suffering, you can always step back.

A real photograph and concept images explore goiter, cataracts, and blurred vision. See Image credits for context.

Image credits

Unsafe water

A generated concept image of a family collecting visibly unsafe water. It does not portray a documented place or individual.

Goiter

A woman with a goiter.

Photo: Dr. J.S.Bhandari, India. Original photograph · CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cataracts

A generated concept image of a man with cataracts walking with a guide. It does not portray a documented individual or personal story.

Blurred vision

The eyeglasses image was supplied for this prototype and demonstrates the contrast between corrected and blurred vision.

Prosthetic access

A generated concept image of a man with an above-the-knee amputation using crutches. It does not portray a documented individual or personal story.

Inadequate housing

A generated concept image of families living in an informal settlement. It does not portray a documented place or individual.

The 78-second film is synchronized to the supplied narration and includes fitted backgrounds, labels, dissolves, and gentle camera movement. The room and all scenes except the credited goiter photograph and supplied eyeglasses image are generated concepts.