Speak out about cancer with your art
First diagnosed with lung cancer at age 23, Katherine–a non-smoker–began a long road of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Five years later and after six recurrences, she succumbed to her disease. In Wilson’s photograph, titled “This is Not a Dress Rehearsal,” a smiling Katherine and her father playfully remove their hats to display their bald heads – Katherine’s from her cancer treatments and her father’s a result of his sympathetic shaving.
“Katherine’s cancer diagnosis changed our family in unexpected ways,” said Wilson. “From the earliest days, she proved that she would not let this disease negatively impact the rest of her life. The photograph shows how much she believed that – even in those days after first learning about her diagnosis.”
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