Beautiful and heartbreaking New Yorker photo essay. And fuck cancer.
June 1, 2016 6:46 AM Subscribe
Portrait of a Friendship in the Face of Cancer
Dan Winters photographs Brett Kilroe as he makes his way through treatment.
Dan Winters photographs Brett Kilroe as he makes his way through treatment.
Beautiful and moving. Dan Winters is an amazing editorial photographer and if you're not familiar with his work you should check it out.
posted by chris24 at 7:34 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by chris24 at 7:34 AM on June 1, 2016
I never knew until recently, how much the morphine sleep face looks like someone screaming.
Morphine has such a legend around it that I always imagined the sleep it brings would be peaceful and serene. Instead it looks like a silent scream and sounds like a death rattle.
posted by teleri025 at 7:59 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Morphine has such a legend around it that I always imagined the sleep it brings would be peaceful and serene. Instead it looks like a silent scream and sounds like a death rattle.
posted by teleri025 at 7:59 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Beautiful, haunting, courageous. This is humanity.
posted by bologna on wry at 8:08 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by bologna on wry at 8:08 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Thank you.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:13 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:13 AM on June 1, 2016
Ugh. My best friend has cancer, so all of this is familiar to me -- the port, the radiation mask, the hair, the hospital bracelet. My friend doesn't want pictures taken, and I don't blame her. When it's all over -- and hopefully that means it'll all be over because she's in great health and we no longer have to spend our days together sitting in a waiting room or a chemo suite -- I just want to think of her as rosy and healthy and strong and all better.
posted by BlahLaLa at 10:17 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by BlahLaLa at 10:17 AM on June 1, 2016
Friend of friends - I can say he was loved by many.
posted by maggiemaggie at 11:51 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by maggiemaggie at 11:51 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hugs to you, BlahLaLa, and to anyone else struggling with cancer or watching someone else do so.
posted by chicainthecity at 3:19 PM on June 1, 2016
posted by chicainthecity at 3:19 PM on June 1, 2016
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