The Breast Cancer Awareness Body Paint Project is an ongoing series designed and created by Michael Colanero with the first survivor, model Cindy Papale (shown below), to raise awareness and funds for Breast Cancer causes.
Body artist Keegan was brought onboard and painted all but one of these women [the "tribute" image with the twin towers was painted by Lucianne Ungerbuehler]. To come up with the imagery, Keegan and Colanero would talk with the survivors, get a feel for their personality and collectively come up with a theme. Once the theme was decided upon, Keegan would then paint a base image on the models using a combination of hand painting and airbrushing.
Michael then took the photos which he digitally manipulated as shown below:
The following images are of 15 actual Breast Cancer Survivors. They intend to have a total of 50:
These images are available for sale on cafepress and all profits from the sales currently go to The Kristy Lasch Miracle Foundation. The foundation helps women under the age of 30 with medical related expenses who are battling breast cancer. Kristy was diagnosed at age 22 and lost her battle at 26. The Foundation is in her memory. Please note that The Kristy Lasch Foundation is not affiliated with this project beyond being a recipient of their donations.
Please Shop for Fundraising Products at:
http://www.cafepress.com/B
Follow the project on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/BCA
Behind the scenes videos:
http://www.YouTube.com/BCA
Full Series on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/phot
