A self-portrait documentary series about illness and recovery.

In Denmark, 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. On June 3rd 2024 I became a part of this statistic when I received the news that the lump I had discovered was in fact cancerous. A discovery that turned my life upside down, and until December 31st filled my days with surgeries, chemo and radiotherapy. 2025 has so far been a journey through chemically induced menopause, side effects, and recalibration to a new normal.

As a self-portrait artist, and being used to processing things visually, I am photographing my way through the hardest parts of this experience, including the feeling of losing my sense of self and my femininity.

By sharing about my treatment along the way, it became clear how many around me were also somehow impacted by breast cancer. Either directly or through family and friends. But we don’t talk much about it, which feels like a huge loss as there is incredible support and healing in sharing while we navigate this life changing experience.

My hope is that I with this series can help bring awareness and spark conversation, and contribute to break what feels like a stigma still.

The series, sprung from a life in existential crisis, is a natural extension of my practice of observing, processing and developing the inner world and the marks our wrestling with the outer world leaves. In this context, photography becomes both a window to the soul and a mirror for the observer, who can choose to let themselves be confronted with our human mortality.