Winged Victory: Altered Images: Transcending Breast Cancer

Myers, Art/ Marrocchino, Maria/ Spiegel, David, M.D./ Grady, Dani

ISBN 10: 1889169013 / ISBN 13: 9781889169019

Published by Photographic Gallery of Fine Art Books, 2009

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102 pages. 8.25x8.25x0.24 inches. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # zk1889169013

Bibliographic Details

Title: Winged Victory: Altered Images: Transcending...

Publisher: Photographic Gallery of Fine Art Books

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Brand New

About this title

Synopsis:

This book of elegant photographs of women following treatment for breast cancer is a Gold and Silver Award winner in the 2010 Nautilus Book Awards and a Gold Award winner in the 2010 Living Now Book Awards. Art Myers' photos reveal scars and missing breasts in an artistic and sensitive manner. The portraits are accompanied by vignettes written by each woman conveying hope, courage, confidence, and even humor while relating a brief story of her breast cancer experience. Some of the women's husbands, family members, or significant others also share their stories and are photographed with their loved ones. Original poetry by Maria Marrocchino is paired with some of the photos and the book has a poignant foreword by Dr. David Spiegel, author of the book Living Beyond Limits. The photographs include women in the United States as well as France with the French women's narratives presented in both French and English. Two women well-known in the breast cancer support communities, Dani Grady in the US and Annick Parent in Paris, have written introductions.

About the Author:

As well as being a fine art photographer, Art Myers is a physician specializing in preventive medicine and public health. He graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and received his post-doctoral degree in public health from the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University. Although largely self-taught in photography he has studied in workshops with Annie Leibovitz, Arnold Newman, Larry Fink, Sally Mann, Joyce Tenneson and other well-known artists. His photographs have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in the United States and Europe.