I thought about it after–I have video I shot the first day for the girls so they would see that I was just fine and not scared(I was but all those acting classes came in handy). Now –three years later–well, almost 4 years later the world is much more photographed than ever before–all of us shooting everything everywhere on our phones–our food our drinks our table settings our feet. Really everything is photographed right now.
So I have the pics I took with my phone and my husband’s phone and our cameras at various times during my experience but nothing more. I didn’t think about it to tell the truth—
I still want to gather gorgeous photos of women who have survived cancer and put them together for everyone to see–here’s what a survivor looks like— There are so many pics of gorgeous women with their bald heads and scars and I greatly respect the photographers and survivors who made those projects happen. I want mine to be different. What I wanted to see when I was in the midst–was pictures of woman who were through the tunnel…the ones back to their lives but just a bit different. The ones who’s hair was a bit short and the ones who looked a bit different if you checked their eyes but were having the time of their lives with their families and kids. Those are the ones I wanted to see. I looked at lists of celebrities and found encouragement there—Maggie Smith made one Harry Potter when she was going through it or just after finishing. Maura Tierney was on stage with her short do about 6 months after chemo–or sooner –still can’t imagine how she remembered her lines! But they did it.
I just want to help and encourage.
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