Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Turning Heads - the book to give away


I"m a doctor and photographer. It is just what I am. Rarely do the two meet in any artistic way. Oh sure, there is the occasional moment or two if I bring my camera to work and see something cool. Click on that cool link and you'll see a cool work photo. But few and far between.

Then one day about 5-6 years ago I got a call from Jackson Hunsicker. Jackson is just one of those people you want to know. She is funny, bright as can be, very cool, fun to be with, well, you get the idea.
Jackson's idea was to gather 2 waves of people to do something remarkable. One wave was bald women of every size, color, ethnicity, and strength. These women were all breast cancer patients who lost their hair from chemotherapy. The second wave of people were photographers. And I mean great photographers - famously great photographers.

Jackson set out to publish (on her own) a remarkable book about bald woman.
Here is the official link to this remarkable book. Check it out right here.


The purpose of Turning Heads is to show the world that life does not stop with a cancer diagnosis. That bald women can be strong, vital, and beautiful people with full lives.

The book succeeds wildly. Firstly, because it is a brilliant idea - a creative force.

Secondly, the photos are works of art taken from 59 different world class, I wish I could shoot like them, photographers. You've heard of a lot of them. You may own or collect some of their other works. You should collect and own this book. The photos are that good. Who are these photographers?

How about Stephen Wilkes, Annie Wells (Pulitzer winner), Joyce Tenneson, Greg Gorman, and Lauren Greenfield to name a few. What more do I really need to say with names like these gracing the pages.

I could say the book only cost $21.86 at Amazon and please tell everyone women to buy one for a friend. Or tell your oncology friends to stack them for giveaway in the waiting room.

Actually, every medical oncologist, breast surgeon, radiation oncologist, psychologist, should keep a stack in the waiting room to GIVE to patients. It would not really make a dent in their yearly marketing budget and be far more effective than, say, a bad holiday gift basket that is gone in a day.

Bald patients see this book and smile. They understand the message is meant for them and it is a positive, loving, beautiful message. Click on those links above, please.

2 comments:

lulurose said...

bravo!

i second all the wonderful things you said about jackson and turning heads.

i have my copy :)

x x,

laura

lulurose said...

oh and by the way...

jackson has a lovely website with even more information about the project.

http://turningheadsthebook.com/

x x.