Turning Heads.

Turning Heads

Jackson Hunsicker, editor

Press On Regardless (Independent Publishers Group, dist.)

13636 Ventura Boulevard, #422, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

0977007405 $29.95 www.turning headsthebook.com

Turning Heads: Portraits Of Grace, Inspiration And Possibilities showcases a collection of original photographs by fifty-nine photographers whose subject is women of all ages and from all walks of life who have lost their hair because of the chemotherapy necessitated by their fight against cancer. The photographers include such Pulitzer Prize winners as David Hume Kennerly, Eddie Adams, and Annie Wells, as well as fashion and art photographers including Greg Gorman, Douglas Kirkland, Lois Greenfield, and Barbara Bordnick. Compiled and edited by Jackson Hunsicker--who in 2000 at the age of 58 was undergoing treatment for breast cancer and met a woman who refused chemotherapy because she didn't want to look like a "bandanna lady--who died of her breast cancer rather than endure the "social stigma" of baldness--felt the urgent need to challenge our perception of what cancer looks like and to celebrate the courageous images and courage of the women comprising Turning Heads. This is both a tribute to the enduring beauty of women struggling with the effects of chemotherapy, and a clarion call to all of us in documenting the necessity for overcoming any personal vanity which would imperil our health and/or contribute to our premature deaths as a consequence of an untreated cancer--or any other illness. Simply put, Turning Heads should be a part of every community library collection in every village, town, and city in the country.