Max Aguilera-Hellweg's surgical photography book reissued in French
After a horse-riding accident in 1989 during a photo assignment on weekend cowboys in the American West, photojournalist Max Aguilera-Hellweg underwent major surgery. During his recovery, a magazine offered him a low-risk assignment: photograph a female surgeon at work. This became a revelation. Over the following years, he documented some sixty surgical operations. In 1997, these images were compiled into a book, whose American edition has long been out of print. Alexandre Laumonier of Kargo editions discovered the photographs on the cover of a Fantomas album and decided to launch the present French edition.
Key facts
- Max Aguilera-Hellweg worked as a photojournalist for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and Life for about twenty years.
- In 1989, during an assignment on weekend cowboys in the American West, his horse threw him violently to the ground.
- He underwent major medical intervention after the accident.
- During convalescence, a magazine assigned him to photograph a female surgeon at work.
- He went on to photograph about sixty surgical operations over the following years.
- The photos were collected in a book in 1997; the American edition has long been out of print.
- Alexandre Laumonier of Kargo editions discovered the images via a Fantomas album cover.
- Kargo launched the French edition of the book.
Entities
Artists
- Max Aguilera-Hellweg
Institutions
- Rolling Stone
- The New York Times
- Life
- Kargo
Locations
- United States
- American West
Sources
- artpress —