Behind the Scenes: A Camera as Therapy – Lens Blog

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Behind the Scenes: A Camera as Therapy

Alexandra Avakian has led a fearless life, covering uprisings, civil war, famine and genocide. What she discovered in the shower one day, however, chilled her.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/behind-18/

On Sebastian’s seventh birthday, in October, I underwent a lumpectomy, followed by four months of intensive chemotherapy and then radiation treatment. As a photojournalist, I had seen so many people suffer. Now it was my turn.