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I really liked the image. The text explanation is very helpful for the reader, although the image is pretty self-explanatory. I really like the juxtaposition of the man on the left getting dialysis with the polluted image on the right. It made me think on how the western world has extracted a lot of resources from Egypt. In a sense I feel that the man is a representation of how capitalism is embedded inside of us, and how is constantly extracting from us. I am very puzzle by the woman on the bottom right.

I really liked the image. The text explanation is very helpful for the reader, although the image is pretty self-explanatory. I really like the juxtaposition of the man on the left getting dialysis with the polluted image on the right. It made me think on how the western world has extracted a lot of resources from Egypt. In a sense I feel that the man is a representation of how capitalism is embedded inside of us, and how is constantly extracting from us. I am very puzzle by the woman on the bottom right.

This image is ethnographically intriguing because it demonstrates what sort of visual tools the informants utilize to delineate their own experiences of risk and vulnerability. I appreciated this image because it shows the perspective of veterans and how they imagine toxicity. 

Dear Alli, I was really interested in the way this image correlates to your research on veterans and their usage of visualizing technology (as discussed in your critical commentary). I wonder if there is a way to hold this narrative throughout your three visual texts. I believe that doing so will illucidate the "ethnographic message" on "toxic capture" across your curated texts.  

The first thing I thought about the image was a three. It reminded me how a tree grows and expand. It was not until I read the explanation that I understood that they were lung cell (which I was not that far from the reality as a tree can be understood as the lungs of the world). The title was not that obvious to me, but I think is a god starting point to bring to surface the importance of Toll-like receptors in the human body.An important theme to highlight with this image is how we tend to focus on the medical aspect when we talk about asthma or other respiratory conditions.

 It had never occurred to me that smug had a shape. If we can imagine a tangible thing, we can better address and comprehend the issue, that is why I think you bring a very important point with this image. Also, I would use the image to start the discussion of why even though EPA has very strict air pollution policy we continue to experience a very bad air quality, specifically in underrepresented and marginalized communities.

This is a documentary photograph. It captures an important-if also unpleasant-moment in German history.

This image has a lot to look at. I was first drawn to the gaping whole in the ground, wondering exactly what it was that I was looking at. Next I noticed the people caught in action, working at this construction site. One can tell that it is a considerable undertaking, but it is not obvious (at least not to me) what exactly is being undertaken.

The absence of color, the heavy reliance on wood for scaffolding, ladders, and other equipment, along with the style of clothing and absence of safety gear all point to the fact that the photograph was taken many decades ago. The caption further explains that the photo was taken in Germany during the Nazi era. Paul goes on to describe how the meaning of this preserved historical moment has become controversial in contemporary discourses around the meaning of Germaness in contradistinction to Naziism.

Toxic Legacies.