I traveled to the city of Bhopal in central India with One Global Village to document volunteer physicians from the United States performing free surgeries for a community still bearing the consequences of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster. The worst industrial catastrophe in history. Decades later, Bhopal's residents continue to face health challenges compounded by limited access to care.

Over the course of just four days, the volunteer surgical team performed more than 140 procedures. I documented the operations, the recoveries, and the moments in between. The waiting rooms, the families, the quiet conversations that hold more weight than any statistic.

One patient, Aryan, had traveled over ten hours by train to return to the clinic. Not for treatment, but to find the surgeon who had changed his life. A year earlier, Dr. Brandon Johnson had removed a goiter the size of a basketball from Aryan's neck. Before the surgery, Aryan's retail tailor shop had no customers as patrons were hesitant to interact with him due to his appearance. After the surgery, his business was restored, and with it his livelihood. When he saw Brandon for the first time since the operation, he wept. It was among the most powerful things I have ever witnessed, and it confirmed what I believe documentary photography is for: to make visible the moments where one person's commitment transforms another person's life.