19 brave women, strong and open to the fate of breast cancer. The book "Amazones" shows the beauty of survival. It startet with a few personal pictures. After Uta Melles breast cancer diagnosis she had to say goodbye to her breasts. Two years later an army of "Amazones" stands in front of the camera to celebrate their survival. 19 women show what it means to fight the cancer-and they break all stereotypes. Don´t hide, you are not alone, life goes on even if it is a different one, they say.The photographers Jackie Hardt and Esther Haase shooted women with the diagnosis of breast cancer for two days. Some of them finished their surgeries and some of them are in the middle of their chemotherapy. The results of this pictures are a great book of wonderful women.  

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