Somerset photographer explores 'highs and lows' of breast cancer

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Somerset photographer explores 'highs and lows' of breast cancer
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Photographer Joanna Wilson showcases an exhibition of photos documenting her life with the disease.

A photographer diagnosed with breast cancer is exploring the "highs and lows" she experienced during treatment through pictures.

"After my biopsy, I was very bruised and that is when I decided to pick up the camera and start taking pictures of my journey. "I wanted to make it worthwhile, going through cancer, I wanted to have something to show at the end of it."The photographic self-portraits explore her emotional and physical experiences with breast cancer."I bought a DSLR camera 15 years ago and enrolled into a course in a college to learn how to use it.The project initially looked "inward" and then evolved into reflection of "self and the wider circle" of those also affected, she added.

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