Episode 32: Carly Clarke—Photographing Cancer when You're the Patient

In 2012, Carly Clarke was diagnosed with cancer. One of her coping mechanisms was to document her treatment journey. But what does it take to photograph a story that could end with your own death? And why do it with a Pentax 6x7—a cumbersome camera at the best of times; an absolute monolith for a patient ravaged by cancer and chemo? Carly Clarke had the grit and desire to do both. You can see the photographs Carly took during her time with cancer took in the Reality Trauma gallery on her website:

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Episode 32: Carly Clarke—Photographing Cancer when You're the Patient is an episode from The Documentary Photographer Podcast by Roger Overall.

This episode is 45:39 long.

This episode was published on May 14, 2021.

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