The Precipice is the summation of nearly two decades spent working as a biomedical photographer in Miami. Tony Chirinos threads the needle between the sometimes delicate, often brutal world of surgical intervention. The book is separated into three main bodies: surgical photographs of living subjects; vibrant typologies of exquisitely photographed tools; and the journey to the afterlife. The Precipice draws back the curtain to a world which most of us never see, where human fragility and resilience coexist in an uneasy equilibrium. Featuring essays by Michelle Otero and Eugenie Shinkle, and a poem by Claudia Isidron, the book is simultaneously lyrical and bleak, a celebration of life and an unflinching observation of what follows. It is available in a trade edition, in a Swiss-bound hardcover, and a more affordable student edition without a cover and enclosed in a paper sleeve.