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A photograph from the London Olympics, by Jason Fulford. More work from this series is featured in the November 2012 issue, accompanying Geoff Dyer’s “A Brief Period of Rejoicing.”
More from Jason Fulford:
From the November 2007 issue
From the November 2007 issue
From the November 2007 issue

“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”