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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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The Children’s Ward in HCMC

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 26, 2011
It is always difficult to see children with cancer and in HCMC this is very much the case.  The same overcrowded conditions exist in this part of the hospital.  Some families prefer to camp out in the halls or the stairwells because if you can believe it, they actually have a little more room and [...]
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Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital

By ctaylorphoto | Published: April 3, 2011
Take Can Tho multiply it by 10 add a children’s ward and you get the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital.  It is a sprawling complex of wards, radiation rooms, chemo units and surgical suites.  With 1,100 beds, their inpatient population ranges between 2,000 – 2,500 patients.   I don’t know how many outpatients they treat [...]
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My final BA flight

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 13, 2011
I can’t believe that a year has gone by since I took my first trip to Geneva to start this project rolling.  It has literally flown by (haha, pun intended).  Honestly though, as my flight was taking off from NY last Wednesday night I was deeply emotional.  What a year it has been for me. [...]
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Upcoming Lecture/slide show with the Connecticut Challenge

By ctaylorphoto | Published: March 1, 2011
I was really lucky to be introduced to the wonderful people at The Connecticut Challenge.   They are a fantastic support group that work in Connecticut to help empower cancer survivors to live healthier, happier and longer lives.  Their website provides a wealth of  resources for those suffering from or surviving cancer.  I am very honored [...]
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Patient’s in Can Tho

By ctaylorphoto | Published: February 13, 2011
Ngu Hue Chau was diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer, she was 35 years old.  She was petrified.  She is a single woman, supporting herself working as a seamstress.  She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy.  In late 2009 her cancer returned.  By the time it was found it had metastasized to her lungs and brain.  [...]
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Can Tho Survivor stories

By ctaylorphoto | Published: February 2, 2011
On our first morning at the hopsital, Dr. Thang introduced us to some wonderful women cancer survivors. I was honored to hear their stories and share mine with them. Le Thi Hoang is 82 years old and a 10 year survivor of breast cancer.  She had a mastectomy, chemotherapy and hormone replacement.  She is a [...]
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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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