cole
thompson photography
classic images in black & white
- Linnie - A
Portrait of Breast Cancer
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- In July of 2008 I had the privilege of
photographing Linnie, she has a rare breast cancer, endured a
mastectomy, is
- undergoing chemotherapy and fears she will
not be alive in a year.
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- She is a friend who purchased The Angel
Gabriel and had then asked if I would photograph her and her
- mastectomy, as she felt there was good to be done by this act. I was uncomfortable for several
reasons; I
- have never been good at photographing people,
and portrait photography requires special skills that I do not possess.
- Then of
course, there was the subject matter; terrifying, destructive, deadly
and very personal.
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- I did not want to do it...but I did and am
grateful for the experience.
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- Linnie is beautiful, dignified, brave and so
many things that I am not. It was very humbling to
photograph her.
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- These images are likely to be controversial
for some and too private for others.
- However it is Linnie's wish that they be shown and that's as it should be.
