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Nairobi

By ctaylorphoto | Published: December 17, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: September 11, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: September 6, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Amman, Cancer, cancer support group, Carolyn Taylor, Dr. Thang, GVI, hanoi, Ho Chi MInh City, India, Jordan, King Hussein Cancer Center, Misc., Nepal, South Africa, vietnam | 2 Comments

Back on Track, I hope…..

By ctaylorphoto | Published: September 5, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: July 22, 2011
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

By ctaylorphoto | Published: May 23, 2011
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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Hong Kong

By ctaylorphoto | Published: May 22, 2011
The last stop on my trip to SE Asia was Hong Kong in December. Hong Kong is just as I had imagined it, incredibly modern and totally old world mixed together.                       I worked with the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society  www.hkacs.org.hk (HKACS). I spent a [...]
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Nga Vu

By ctaylorphoto | Published: May 10, 2011
Nga Vu is a unique, strong and beautiful woman.  I met her at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital last December.  In 2006 at age 37 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  She was a single mother to her then 7 year old daughter.  She had always had cystic breasts so when she felt [...]
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Le Hoang Rina

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 29, 2011
Le Hoang Rina is 4 years old and has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.  For the next 3 years of her life she will spend more time at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital than she will in her own home.  Her mother will be there, by her side for all of it. Taking care of [...]
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Vietnam Video

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 28, 2011
Here is a short video that my husband and I put together.  It’s a bit of background on my story and our experiences at the Can Tho Oncology Hospital in southern Vietnam. Vietnam Cancer Hospitals
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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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