Guest guest Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 > Velvet Its nice to see such artsy people in here and I think it gives us something to take our minds off things. You should do more to express yourself. Funny thing, yesterday I decided to shoot some pictures of myself and my breasts. I tied a pink ribbon around my long hair and let it hang down between my breast and shot a few pics of my " battle wounds " . I think though when looking at them afterwards I was shocked at how I looked. I will probably do nothing with them, but I will keep them as my reminder of the path I am now traveling. Char Hi , I am just being inquisitive now, are you doing this calendar project as part of your job, part of a degree course or just as your own project? > > I am sorry if I came across too businesslike but creating something and marketing go hand in hand if you want to reach your target audience. (I can be so Bossy ~ sorry) It comes from teaching the whole package. > > I am arty too and painted myself with one breast ( when my reconstruction had a hiccup, I was left with one for a few weeks) It acted as a catharsis at the time but I found afterwards that it haunted me so waste of canvas and oil paint and has been painted over since, (I am an art and design teacher ~ amongst other subjects) > > Go for it , you sound so determined and good luck, take care, Velvet (UK) > > > > picturesquefoto wrote: > Velvet, > You raise some good points. The reality is, I may not ever be able to > complete this project, but I'm not going to prevent me from trying. I > may combine some ideas that I already have with yours and a few other > people. > > Perspective is truly a personal thing to each and every one of us. > How could I ever presume to capture those perspectives in photos? I > can't, and I know that. However, and I hope this doesn't come across > as an argument, I do think the terror and pain, and all those things > you mentioned are important, not because we want to experience them, > but because they are part of the reality. The artist in me, won't > turn away from the goal, but the person in me is willing to look at > all the posibilites. > > Something else you mentioned that I'd like to address: Sales. You may > not believe me, but to be quite honest, I had not even looked at that > aspect of this project. This is one of a few projects I have done > that " its not about the money " . If I see that I'm going to be able to > complete the calendar, and I feel it is worthy of the cause, I have > considered offering it to groups for fund raising, but as far as me > marketing and profitting - not with this project. > > I hope this better explains MY perspective as I try to understand > yours a little bit better. Thank you for your thoughts and sharing > your feelings - it truly does help. > > > > > > I'm probably not like anyone else in your group, but I > would really > > like to be here. Let me explain. > > > > I am a photgrapher, and I'm working on a project - I'm building a > > calendar (hopefully for 2008) for Breast Cancer Awareness. Since it's > > a calendar, I obviously need 12 images for it. That's not important. > > What is important is that I want to show a different perspective. I > > look anywhere for facts and figures, or medical information, or any > > kind of specifics like that. That is not my focus. > > > > I want to learn about the emotions of people dealing with Breast > > Cancer. What do they think, how do they feel, what goes through their > > minds from the first moment of " I may have a problem " to " seeing the > > doctor " , being told " You have a spot " . I think you get the idea. I > > am only guessing here, but I think I could capture the range of > > emotions in 12 stages. > > > > I have not had to deal with this disease personally, so I have > > absolutely no first hand knowledge of what you experience. I hope > > that I can learn enough from you folks to get a tiny little clue of > > what you feel and translate that into photos. I wish to honor those > > that have suffered through this - both the ones that have survived and > > the ones that haven't. > > > > I am like an empty sponge, please, fill me up with your feelings and > > experience. Thank you for your help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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