The Ebola epidemic is tragic, terrible, and ultimately pretty terrifying.  We have all been trying to understand exactly what it means, and trying to remain cool, no panic, and analytical about it.  And it is the kind of thing where photographs can be just two vivid to deal with.  Still we are being bombarded with images constantly, most of which, quite frankly, fail to really tell the story of what is going on in West Africa. Yesterday, I came across a new form of Ebola image from AFP-Getty images which really gave me pause.  It shows a Chinese seamstress in a factory, churning out hundreds of protective suits for healthcare providers. Suddenly one is confronted with the magnitude of the reality of the epidemic. And what makes it doubly poignant, is that my first thought on looking at this photograph was how much it reminded me turn of the twentieth century images of workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.  That tragedy we have discussed before. The point is that human tragedy is universal.  It spans place and it spans time. What I think is most significant here is that when actual events are so horrific, it often proves to be the case that images that essentially allude to reality can be just as, or even more, effective in portraying it than raw and visceral reality.  This alluding image is ever so successful.