Maika Elan’s Playful Photos of Her Father Taken During His Battle with Cancer – Feature Shoot

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Maika Elan’s Playful Photos of Her Father Taken During His Battle with Cancer – Feature Shoot

Mortality is an irrevocable fact of life, yet when inevitable reminders of it surface it can be earth shattering. When Hanoi-based photographer Maika Elan’s father was in treatment for cancer, Elan was suddenly thrust into the role of adult during her his

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“I think it’s my turn to do something for my father, as he has done for me in the past. We both went back to the same park and played like old days. I hope these pictures I make will be a big motivation for him. I hope they let him see that he is not as sick as he feels. In my heart, he is always a happy person and full of optimism.”