A photographic exhibition that shows people can survive cancer is coming to Saskatchewan in summer.
The show displays photos of people who have been affected in some way by the disease.
It started in Toronto in May 2008 with almost 300 pictures and added others as it was shown in Charlottetown and Montreal.
The goal of the project is to have 500 images in the travelling exhibit and 1,000 at the website www.photosensitive.com/cc by the time it reaches Ottawa in the spring of 2010.
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To submit a photo, go to the website and follow the directions.
The display is in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society, which notes that 38 percent of all Canadian women and 44 percent of Canadian men will develop cancer during their lifetime.
Cancer Connections will be shown outdoors at Victoria Park in Regina June 9-25. Among the photos to be shown are two from Saskatchewan. The first shows Dionne Warner of Regina, a four-time survivor of three different types of cancer, with her husband.
“I am a walking miracle,” said Dionne. “I volunteer to give others hope and have found how strong I am inside and out.”
The second shows Lindsay Gray of Saskatoon sitting next to her mother’s tank top while holding a laptop displaying her photo.
Her mother died of leiomyosarcoma when Lindsay was in high school.
