Aniela McGuinness, a 32-year-old actress from Hollywood, Florida, decided to deal with her breast cancer with a photoshoot. Titled “My Breast Choice,” McGuinness photographed herself as Rosie the Riveter prior to her operation and the Bride of Frankenstein after.
She learned she had cancer just three days before a planned appointment to schedule a preventative mastectomy; McGuinness had lost her mother to ovarian cancer on July 5th, 2013.
This project explores “the impact Breast Cancer, a double mastectomy, and chemo can have on a woman’s body & soul and uses humor & honesty to go beyond just surviving,” explains McGuinness.
“Mainly, I needed something to focus on while I went through this, a place to release my creativity and feel useful. My Breast Choice gave me that. Have you ever googled mastectomy before and after photos? It’s a heartbreaking array of faceless women’s maimed breasts under florescent lighting”
“I made this photo series to help other woman going through this… and I hope that it gives you strength & courage & a little bit of joy as you go through something that is very tough but is going to make you, if you let it, into a beautiful new person.”
Click here to visit the #MyBreastChoice website to see all the photos.
