WINNIPEG – A photo book of women who had breast cancer surgeries will be published and sent to clinics across the North America now that the project has surpassed its fundraising goal.
Kristina Hunter and ML Kenneth have created Woman Redefined, for which women who’d undergone breast cancer surgeries bared their scarred torsos. They can now publish and distribute the book free of charge to breast health centres across Canada and the United States.
The pair launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project, which 213 people backed with a total of $27,050 raised.
The Woman Redefined: Dignity, Beauty and Breast Cancer exhibit at Fleet Galleries in last month featured 33 photos of women from the project. The exhibit gave people a peek of what will be in the book – and garnered a lot of support.
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Hunter said she’s elated and touched by the support.
Hunter thinks the project really touched a nerve with people, she said, and she’s had more women come forward, wanting to be photographed and show off their breast surgery scars.
Photographer Kenneth has tried to get as many women as possible into the project, said Hunter.
IN PHOTOS: Click through the gallery to see some of ML Kenneth’s photos. Viewers will be exposed to nudity.
Hunter and Kenneth want all women — with all types of surgery scars, body types, ages and diversities – to be represented in the book.
They have a few more photo shoots to finish before the books are published.
“What’s really touched me is how the models have been so supportive,” said Hunter, adding it feels like a community.
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The project has great support not only locally but across North America as well.
Hunter said she had a woman with stage four breast cancer reach out to her on Facebook, asking that a copy of the book be donated to her breast clinic in Arizona.
The book is expected to launch this fall. There will also be an option to purchase the book outright, Hunter said.
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