Breast Stories casts a spotlight on an issue that each year touches the lives of many thousands of women in Canada and around the world.
Three years in the making, the project features the stunning portraits and frank personal essays of more than 50 women from British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador. Each of the women included in this ground-breaking project is a breast cancer survivor who chose to undergo mastectomy. This definitive collection of portraits and essays will be an essential book for those with any connection to breast cancer, or for anyone interested in psychology, sociology or photography.
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Phil Carpenter has been a photojournalist for 14 years and is currently a photo and video journalist at The Gazette, a newspaper in Montreal. He has also taught in the Department of Journalism at Concordia University in Montreal. His work has taken him across the globe and he is committed to documenting history and the human condition. This is his first book.
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By soniag86
This book contains a fabulous collection of photos and essays written by the women themselves who have gone through breast cancer. Both the photos and words help you understand what these courageous women have undergone in battling breast cancer, their incredible strength, their inner and outer beauty...
A beautiful book that helps demystify breast cancer, mastectomies, reconstructive surgery, prosthesis, etc.
The photos are stunning and indeed worth a thousand words...
Wonderful gift idea.
Breast Stories: Cancer Survivors Speak Out
A beautiful book that helps demystify breast cancer, mastectomies, reconstructive surgery, prosthesis, etc.
The photos are stunning and indeed worth a thousand words...
Wonderful gift idea.
Breast Stories: Cancer Survivors Speak Out
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I heard about this book through a journalist who reviewed it for the newspaper 'La Presse' in Montreal Quebec. Having had a mastectomy 3 years ago, I thought I would like to have it so ordered it to be shipped to me in Sweden where I know live. The photos are not shocking, they are hard to look at sometimes, but not shocking. Those women are All beautiful in the best sense of the word. And there is a strange and unexpected sense of serenity in their individual testimonies. These are rather short but the essential is there. 'I had breast cancer, I went through a lot of turmoil, I survived and I because of
this ordeal,I am a better person now for myself and my loved ones' Something to that effect... I think that this book is a must for anyone who is interested in what it means to be a woman, feminity and the intense relationship we have with our breasts. Phil Carpenter has put together with the help of all these women, a beautiful and a meaningfull book.
Chantal Simoneau
this ordeal,I am a better person now for myself and my loved ones' Something to that effect... I think that this book is a must for anyone who is interested in what it means to be a woman, feminity and the intense relationship we have with our breasts. Phil Carpenter has put together with the help of all these women, a beautiful and a meaningfull book.
Chantal Simoneau
By CottonCarrie
Breast Stories reveals more about mastectomy and reconstruction after breast cancer in a beautiful format. The text is written by the women themselves and is so real, revealing and true. The stories are varied and among the 53 there will be one, that a woman who is going through this journey, can relate to. Mr. Carpenter has photographed these women beautifully and allowed them to speak about their experiences. I can't say enough about this book for women (& their men), friends, who are going through the surgeries. I hope every plastic surgeon will include this in their library, too. A wonderful work!
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Uplifting
Breast cancer survivors speak with eloquence and optimism about their journey of survival. The photography by Phil Carpenter is direct, intimate and uplifting. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Gordon Beck
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An Incredible Journey
The images bring us into the lives of many beautiful people who have been affected by breast cancer. The photos are intimate and stunning. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lesley-ann Fox
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A must read!
This book is a must read for all women. The book has the stores and pictures of 53 strong, brave, beautiful breast cancer survivors and shows that there is life after breast... Read more
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