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    life: What started out as an effort aimed at raising awareness about young women afflicted with breast cancer has turned into something more beautiful, more provocative and more revealing than David Jay could have imagined. By taking portraits of his subjects and their scar-ridden chests, the longtime fashion photographer unlocked a visual world few have seen before, one that is neither “art project nor beauty pageant” but perhaps something in between, something where grace, pain and femininity all cross paths to expose a deeply moving side of humanity. LIFE.com spoke to Jay about the culmination of his work — a book called The SCAR Project — and how the images inside changed him forever. see more— SCAR Project: Breast Cancer Exposed

    life:

    What started out as an effort aimed at raising awareness about young women afflicted with breast cancer has turned into something more beautiful, more provocative and more revealing than David Jay could have imagined.

    By taking portraits of his subjects and their scar-ridden chests, the longtime fashion photographer unlocked a visual world few have seen before, one that is neither “art project nor beauty pageant” but perhaps something in between, something where grace, pain and femininity all cross paths to expose a deeply moving side of humanity. LIFE.com spoke to Jay about the culmination of his work — a book called The SCAR Project — and how the images inside changed him forever.

    see more— SCAR Project: Breast Cancer Exposed

     
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      These photos are amazing. Heartbreaking.
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      Reminds me of a fantastic picture I saw in The Once and Future Goddess: Deena Metzger - Tree
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      This is art, moving and beautiful. Prayers go out to all those who have been touched by this terrible disease. RIP...
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