David Hurn Preemie Baby unit at St Joseph's Hospital. She has a head too large by half for her body. With little to flesh them out, her features are skull-tight and wizened. Her arms and legs are no thicker t
(...) han her mothers fingers. Her ears have no cartilage. Not long ago she would have been a miscarried fetus, not a baby. To-day she is a Preemie baby, although barely 2lb, destined to survive to be a normal child. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 1980. © David Hurn | Magnum Photos