Rochelle Tissa, Jane (PEOPLE 2022)

The turn of 2020. Jane employed me to shoot lifestyle photographs for the launch of her business in women’s empowerment. At age 50 she is an accomplished businesswoman and masters champion powerlifter. Within weeks of working with Jane, this project unexpectedly became one that would document her diagnosis in advanced stage breast cancer and the multiple operations that followed. This photograph was one of the last I took of Jane before COVID-19 hit. Bathed in light bearing her scars, Jane appears vulnerable. However, we witness a quiet resilience. An unwavering resolve to face her condition.

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