Baring It All

Baring It All is a documentary film about fashion photographer David Jay and The SCAR Project, a series of photographic portraits of young women in various stages of breast cancer and other hormonal cancers. Directed by filmmaker Patricia Zagarella of Lost In Vision Entertainment, the film was picked up by the Style Network as part of their Style Exposed documentary series and first aired on Style on July 9, 2011.

Baring It All deals with themes of body image postcancer, striving to be a story of acceptance, a journey of rediscovery and a celebration of life. Jay began The SCAR Project with a portrait of a friend who had undergone a mastectomy and was surprised to learn that the subject also found the photo shoot beneficial. Many of the women photographed reported similar responses, finding pride and strength through the process of portraiture.The film also explores the reality of cancer and its aftermath of physical and emotional scars. The SCAR Projects name itself is an acronym for Surviving Cancer. Absolute Reality, and many of its promotional materials include the tagline Breast cancer is not a pink ribbon. According to the Style Networks synopsis of the film, Along with exploring the lives of these young females and their new reality, Baring It All shows the impact cancer has had on them and their loved ones and answers what drives them to be photographed at their most vulnerable. ........

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