so much joy it hurts

Apr. 4, 2011 at 3:26pm with 44 notes View comments

Reblogged from mianoti-deactivated20110615

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David Jay >, The SCAR Project (source)
Shot over the course of three years, The SCAR Project is a series of portraits of 17- to 35-year-old women at various stages of breast cancer treatment. The portraits are shot both in the studio and on location.From the interview:POP: You have been a fashion photographer for over a decade. As opposed to creating hyper-idealized portrayals of women, you spent the last few years capturing the physical imperfections of breast cancer survivors for The SCAR Project. Did this prove challenging?DJ: I struggled shooting The SCAR Project. I was torn. I wanted the pictures to be raw, honest, sincere. Yet I knew why the subjects had come—they wanted something beautiful. They had already suffered greatly and although I desperately wanted to serve them, I knew in my heart that compromising the visual integrity of The SCAR Project for the sake of easily digested beauty would serve no one. Certainly not the people I hoped to be impacted by the images, the public at large who remain blissfully unaware of the risk or reality of this disease… anesthetized by pink ribbons and fluffy, pink teddy bears. • MORE

David Jay >, The SCAR Project (source)

Shot over the course of three years, The SCAR Project is a series of portraits of 17- to 35-year-old women at various stages of breast cancer treatment. The portraits are shot both in the studio and on location.

From the interview:
POP: You have been a fashion photographer for over a decade. As opposed to creating hyper-idealized portrayals of women, you spent the last few years capturing the physical imperfections of breast cancer survivors for The SCAR Project. Did this prove challenging?
DJ: I struggled shooting The SCAR Project. I was torn. I wanted the pictures to be raw, honest, sincere. Yet I knew why the subjects had come—they wanted something beautiful. They had already suffered greatly and although I desperately wanted to serve them, I knew in my heart that compromising the visual integrity of The SCAR Project for the sake of easily digested beauty would serve no one. Certainly not the people I hoped to be impacted by the images, the public at large who remain blissfully unaware of the risk or reality of this disease… anesthetized by pink ribbons and fluffy, pink teddy bears. • MORE