Back in 2008, David Y. Lee was a member of the White House press corps, skilled at jockeying for the best position and finding fresh takes on often-photographed events, but ultimately observing from a distance. Then, an article in The Washington Post about organ donation caught his eye, with a statistic he found hard to ignore: one third of the people on the transplant wait list were ineligible because they were too sick, not sick enough, or due to some other complication. And, as he found out by doing more research, even though 90% of Americans said they believed in organ donation, only 30% were registered donors, even though registration could be done online. If this is the case, he wondered, couldn’t the problem of a wait list hypothetically be solved if enough people signed up? Becoming an organ donor—and the subsequent thoughts about one’s mortality—is typically not a priority unless one is directly impacted, either as someone in need of a transplant, or as a loved one of that someone. Lee was in neither of these situations. For him, it was as simple as coming across a problem that he had the power to solve—the marriage of photography and purpose. Enter The Waiting List. Are you a registered organ donor? ow.ly/wCsxv
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:00:27 +0000
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