His Body a Prison

            His Body a Prison is an audio slideshow from The LA Times. The story is about a man named Spencer Sullivan. Sullivan had neck surgery in 2001. His nurse gave him too many pain medications and failed to monitor him. He is now a quadriplegic due to this mishap. The photography and audio is by Liz O. Baylen. 

The uses of pictures were very powerful. Pictures rotated out every 5-7 seconds. The pain on his face and his family’s faces was powerful. The author did a great job with the photographs. Not all were negative pictures. Some captured him fighting and you saw the fight in him with just a picture. Spencer was swimming in one of the photos and the audio was of the water splashing when he was in the pool. 

His mother and father were heard throughout the whole story and also Spencer. You can hear the struggle in his voice. The audio was great. Everything was explained well. In the beginning and the end, they explained what happened. 

At the end, the listener is wondering what happened to the nurse that did this. No music in background and explained what happened to her. It was very emotional. This audio slideshow had the perfect balance of pictures and audio. Very powerful piece and author did a great job of showing the struggle of his everyday life.