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Dream large, sometimes they come true…

We arrived in Can Tho on Sunday afternoon. I had a welcome text waiting on my phone from Dr. Trung at the Can Tho Oncology Hospital. We had spent  some time here in December 2010 and had remained in contact with quite a few of the doctors and the then director, Dr. Thang. We are [...]
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3rd Anniversary of the Breast Cancer Club of Hanoi

Last Saturday marked the 3rd anniversary of the Breast Cancer Club (BCC) of the K Hospital in Hanoi, and Chris and I were honored to be there to celebrate with them. Unfortunately my camera had broken the afternoon before so we only had a little pocket camera to record the festivities with. It was a [...]
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K Hospital, Hanoi

We (Chris and I) have been meeting with Dr. Linh and Dr. Thuan at the K Hospital in Hanoi this past week. We are working with them on ways to increase the scope of the Breast Cancer Club and ideas for the development of the Bright Future Fund. Yesterday, we spent some time on the [...]
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Global Focus on Cancer

It was impossible for me to ignore the impact traveling for my photo project had on myself and those closest to me. Seeing first hand the devastation that cancer causes around the world left me feeling compelled to do more than just tell stories and take photos about it. In so many of the countries [...]
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Nairobi

This was my third trip to the African continent in 6 months. I had spent a scant 30 hours in Cairo and an all too brief 10 days in Cape Town earlier in the year, but those places were not the Africa I had envisioned as a child. Sitting on the front porch of Jane [...]
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Final Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society post

When you first meet Bonnie Kam it is hard to believe that she is 40 years old and has been battling breast cancer for the past 4 years. She looks young, vibrant and healthy. At 36 she underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, yet her cancer continued spreading into her bones. Despite her doctors’ best efforts, [...]
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My Father

In early May, my 86 year old father underwent major surgery to repair an aneurysm in his aorta. While the surgery was successful, sadly his recovery was not, and after a very brave and painful battle my father passed away on June 20th. My parents have always encouraged and supported me in every aspect of [...]
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Back on Track, I hope…..

First of all,  let me begin by apologizing for my lack of posting over the past 3 months. Life and work has literally been taking up every spare second of my time. At the end of January and early February I traveled to Kenya and Tanzania and in late March I used my final British [...]
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More Hong Kong

Kwong Fung Yee was diagnosed at age 38 with stage 2B breast cancer, that was 22 years ago.  She had a lumpectomy and diligently went for her annual check ups. In 2009 she didn’t feel quite herself, she felt a strange lump in her neck. A pet scan revealed that the breast cancer had returned [...]
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Upcoming talk/slide show in New Canaan, CT

Next Thursday June 2, I will be giving another lecture/slide show at the New Canaan Public Library in New Canaan, CT at 7:00pm. I hope to see you there, if you do plan on coming please register with the library library link. The Connecticut Challenge www.ctchallenge.org is once again generously helping to sponsor and support [...]
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    I am a photographer living in Westchester county, NY. I have been shooting commercial advertising for the past 20 years. I recently received a small business grant from British Airways. I won 10 business class flights to any 4 destinations that BA flies. It was a contest based on a series of essays that I wrote explaining how face to face travel could change my business and help it take a more photo journalistic path. My essays talked about the fact that I am a survivor of ovarian and endometrial cancers, and that since I have been sick, I have been looking for an opportunity to travel around the world documenting photographically how women with cancer are intrinsically connected. I would like to show how our struggles, hopes, joys, and concerns have no borders. That we share a common bond, regardless of where we live around the globe. This blog is hopefully going to document this journey over the next year.


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