<p>The training of young doctors is one of the pillars of collective health. Medical training involves intense study, life-and-death experiences, rituals, and a complex network of emotions. This article examines the emotional ecology of a group of young doctors in training (degree students and resident doctors) from four Latin American countries: Salvador, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. In the context of the sociology of emotions, and utilizing qualitative research strategies, the project involved the participating students and doctors taking photographs that express what they felt when caring for their patients in the context of their training. The paper’s main objective is to highlight how a qualitative sociological strategy that leverages the creativity of subjects under stress, attempting to capture their own experience in a photo, can help us to understand the emotions experienced by young doctors in the course of their practice. Medical training intersects with a politics of sensibilities in which the goal of “healing others” is imperative, yet the material resources to solve it are insufficient. Social phantoms and fantasies emerge in this place of conflict in students’ bodies and emotions. The article invites us to consider the connections between public health, society, emotions, and professional education.</p>