Giuliano Ferrari's pictures of the end of the life of a man with lung cancer show us that it is possible to photograph the terrible truths of illness and death with respect and lyricism. They show how the private story of a sick man can come to represent dignity and a fight against illness valid for everyone. These pictures document a relationship of mutual trust and respect between the sick man and the photographer. To recount the end of a man, photographing his body, his eyes, the machinery used to examine him, signifies to accompany this man towards his final goodbye with the full dignity of his being.