Visiting the Scar Project Exhibit

On Friday I visited the Scar Project exhibit at Openhouse, on Mulberry Street just south of Spring. Photographer David Jay offers penetrating, large, wall-mounted images of young people with breast cancer. The photos reveal women who’ve have had surgery, radiation, reconstruction or partial reconstruction of the breasts. Some are strikingly beautiful. Some appear confused, others […]

Posted in Breast Cancer, cancer awareness, cancer treatment, Life in NYC, Oncology (cancer), Photography, Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryTagged , , , , , , , , , Leave a Comment on Visiting the Scar Project Exhibit

First Look at the Burns Collection of Early Medical Photographs

CBS News has posted a gripping set of images, mostly of cancer patients, dating to the 1880s. The photos from the Burns Archive are graphic, as much as they’re telling, instructive and rare.   This photograph, taken in New York City in 1886, is one of the earliest ever taken of breast surgery. Surgeons had […]

Posted in Communication, Medical History, Oncology (cancer), PhotographyTagged , , , , , 2 Comments on First Look at the Burns Collection of Early Medical Photographs
newsletter software