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  • A boy stands on the last boulder of ice on a beach in early spring on Cape Cod.
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  • A boy stands on the last boulder of ice on a beach in early spring on Cape Cod.
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  • Children are silhouetted at sunset on a Cape Cod beach.
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  • A family explores Breakwater beach at low tide on Cape Cod, MA.
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  • Children are silhouetted at sunset on a Cape Cod beach.
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  • A family explores Breakwater beach at low tide on Cape Cod, MA.
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  • A man hikes at Cold Storage Beach on Cape Cod.
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  • Every year since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Kurt Martin has attached an American flag to one weir pole at each of his five weir traps. Orleans fisherman, Kurt Martin, owns and operates one of the last weirtrap fishing outfits left on Cape Cod. Weirs are an ancient form of trapping fish. They were used by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and have changed little since. They're an environmentally friendly form of fishing as, unlike in other forms of commercial fishing, undersized fish are not caught alongside adult fish.
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  • Fireworks explode over the ocean on Cape Cod, MA.
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  • People silhouetted on the jetty at Sesuit Harbor in Dennis, MA. I feel this moment really captures the magic of a summer evening on Cape Cod.
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  • The supermoon sets over Chatham's Lighthouse Beach on Cape Cod.
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  • A little girl runs across a bridge  to the beach with her red bucket on a Cape Cod summer day.
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  • A man jumps on a Cape Cod beach.
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  • Every year since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Kurt Martin has attached an American flag to one weir pole at each of his five weir traps. Orleans fisherman, Kurt Martin, owns and operates one of the last weirtrap fishing outfits left on Cape Cod. Weirs are an ancient form of trapping fish. They were used by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and have changed little since. They're an environmentally friendly form of fishing as, unlike in other forms of commercial fishing, undersized fish are not caught alongside adult fish.
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  • A man jumps on a Cape Cod beach.
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  • Every year since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Kurt Martin has attached an American flag to one weir pole at each of his five weir traps. Orleans fisherman, Kurt Martin, owns and operates one of the last weirtrap fishing outfits left on Cape Cod. Weirs are an ancient form of trapping fish. They were used by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and have changed little since. They're an environmentally friendly form of fishing as, unlike in other forms of commercial fishing, undersized fish are not caught alongside adult fish. .
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  • Two surfers walk past snow fences damaged by yesterday's storm at Nauset Beach in Orleans, MA.  The storm swell brought many surfers out to Cape Cod's beaches today.
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  • People silhouetted on the jetty at Sesuit Harbor in Dennis, MA. I feel this moment really captures the magic of a summer evening on Cape Cod.
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  • Every year since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Kurt Martin has attached an American flag to one weir pole at each of his five weir traps. Orleans fisherman, Kurt Martin, owns and operates one of the last weirtrap fishing outfits left on Cape Cod. Weirs are an ancient form of trapping fish. They were used by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and have changed little since. They're an environmentally friendly form of fishing as, unlike in other forms of commercial fishing, undersized fish are not caught alongside adult fish.
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  • Fireworks explode over the ocean on Cape Cod, MA.
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  • The supermoon sets over Chatham's Lighthouse Beach on Cape Cod.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle013.JPG
  • A little girl runs across a bridge  to the beach with her red bucket on a Cape Cod summer day.
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  • A man dances on the beach at lowtide in Eastham, MA.
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  • A same-sex couple dances on Macmillan Pier in Provincetown, MA.
    Outdoor_Lifestyle_Julia_Cumes-043.jpg
  • A father and daughter head out on a jetty to go fishing.
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  • Waterfight at the pond.
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  • A boy holds a lobster on a boat in Chatham, MA.
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  • A joyful young girl jumps rope at Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown, MA.
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  • A young woman stand up paddle boards with her dog.
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  • A man harvests shellfish at low tide in Wellfleet, MA.
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  • Mark Kielpinski, of Brewster, MA, pours hot water down his wetsuit after surfing on a cold February day.  At left, a fellow surfer snuggles his dog, Mack.
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  • Seagulls fly above a beach.
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  • A fisherman’s hands on the boat’s wheel.
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  • A woman harvests shellfish at low tide in Wellfleet, MA.
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  • Jerry Poyant, manager of Hy-line Bait and Tackle is seen through the store's window at Hyannis Harbor in Hyannis, MA.  The moisture on the window is from cleaning fluid which Poyant was using to wash the window.
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  • What I love so much about stand up paddle boarding is its ability to transport one, surrounded by nature, to a quiet, meditative state. On a perfect full moon, windless evening in late September, I got to photograph the nighttime version of this. Waterproof LED lights are attached to the bottom of the boards, illuminating the water below which meant the paddlers could see fish passing by. I photographed this from a jetty at a harbor near my<br />
house and was stunned by the beauty of it.
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  • Jerry Poyant, manager of Hy-line Bait and Tackle is seen through the store's window at Hyannis Harbor in Hyannis, MA.  The moisture on the window is from cleaning fluid which Poyant was using to wash the window.
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  • The sun sets over a dock on Mill Pond in Chatham, MA.
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  • A surfer in wetsuit from behind carrying a surfboard at Whitecrest Beach in Wellfleet, MA
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  • Kurt Martin releases the rope on his boat after loading weir poles at Hardings Beach in Chatham, MA, to transport to the weir trap sites.
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  • Kurt Martin maneuvers himself in a small boat to check the formation of one of his weir traps just off of Harwich, MA. The eight-shaped  formation of the weir trap allows fish to swim into the trap.  When the fish panic, they swim further out to sea which leads them into the upper loop of the eight, trapping them only further.
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  • A cranberry harvester corals cranberries in a flooded bog using booms in Yarmouth, MA.
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  • Larry Belliveau pulls the weir boat into position to drive a weir pole into the sea bed. The poles are driven into the sea bed using a hydraulic pump.
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  • Kurt Martin maneuvers himself in a small boat to check the formation of one of his weir traps just off of Harwich, MA. The eight-shaped  formation of the weir trap allows fish to swim into the trap.  When the fish panic, they swim further out to sea which leads them into the upper loop of the eight, trapping them only further.
    Outdoor_Lifestyle_Julia_Cumes-022.jpg
  • Kurt Martin releases the rope on his boat after loading weir poles at Hardings Beach in Chatham, MA, to transport to the weir trap sites.
    JuliaCumesOutdoorLifestyle-047.jpg
  • A dog is silhouetted at sunset at Rock Harbor Beach in Orleans, MA.
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  • From left, William and Christopher Wing, both 4, of Yarmouth Port, MA, check out the view from the boardwalk at Gray's Beach in Yarmouth Port, MA.
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  • Kurt Martin maneuvers himself in a small boat to check the formation of one of his weir traps just off of Harwich, MA. The eight-shaped  formation of the weir trap allows fish to swim into the trap.  When the fish panic, they swim further out to sea which leads them into the upper loop of the eight, trapping them only further.
    weirfishing02.jpg
  • From left, William and Christopher Wing, both 4, of Yarmouth Port, MA, check out the view from the boardwalk at Gray's Beach in Yarmouth Port, MA.
    Gray's_Beach_boardwalk.jpg
  • Larry Belliveau pulls the weir boat into position to drive a weir pole into the sea bed. The poles are driven into the sea bed using a hydraulic pump.
    JuliaCumesOutdoorLifestyle-045.jpg
  • Larry Belliveau pulls the weir boat into position to drive a weir pole into the sea bed. The poles are driven into the sea bed using a hydraulic pump.
    weirfishing03.jpg
  • Kurt Martin releases the rope on his boat after loading weir poles at Hardings Beach in Chatham, MA, to transport to the weir trap sites.
    weirfishing01.jpg
  • A man dances on the beach at lowtide in Eastham, MA.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle010.JPG
  • Mark Kielpinski, of Brewster, MA, pours hot water down his wetsuit after surfing on a cold February day.  At left, a fellow surfer snuggles his dog, Mack.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle014.JPG
  • Seagulls fly above a beach.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle012.JPG
  • A woman harvests shellfish at low tide in Wellfleet, MA.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle002.JPG
  • A father and daughter head out on a jetty to go fishing.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle020.JPG
  • Waterfight at the pond.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle018.JPG
  • A woman harvests shellfish at low tide in Wellfleet, MA.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle003.JPG
  • A same-sex couple dances on Macmillan Pier in Provincetown, MA.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle019.JPG
  • A boy holds a lobster on a boat in Chatham, MA.
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  • A fisherman’s hands on the boat’s wheel.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle008.JPG
  • A young woman stand up paddle boards with her dog.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle005.JPG
  • A joyful young girl jumps rope at Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown, MA.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle004.JPG
  • A surfer in wetsuit from behind carrying a surfboard at Whitecrest Beach in Wellfleet, MA
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle015.JPG
  • What I love so much about stand up paddle boarding is its ability to transport one, surrounded by nature, to a quiet, meditative state. On a perfect full moon, windless evening in late September, I got to photograph the nighttime version of this. Waterproof LED lights are attached to the bottom of the boards, illuminating the water below which meant the paddlers could see fish passing by. I photographed this from a jetty at a harbor near my<br />
house and was stunned by the beauty of it.
    Cape_Cod_Lifestyle001.JPG
  • Locals enjoy snowboarding and sledding at the Eastward Ho Country Club and Golf Course in Chatham, MA after winter storm Juno dumped massive amounts of snow on Cape Cod.
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  • A boy stands on the last boulder of ice on a beach in early spring on Cape Cod.
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  • Locals enjoy snowboarding and sledding at the Eastward Ho Country Club and Golf Course in Chatham, MA after winter storm Juno dumped massive amounts of snow on Cape Cod.
    JuliaCumesOutdoorLifestyle-023.jpg
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) volunteer, Mike Giblin, of Eastham, MA watches for signs of distress amongst a group of recently stranded common dolphins (including a mother and calf) in an IFAW rescue vehicle while they wait to be released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.  The dolphins are just a few of an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
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  • A mother and calf common dolphin are transported to the beach by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium before being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach.  The dolphins are two of at an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
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  • A mother and calf common dolphin are transported to the beach by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium before being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.  The dolphins are two of at an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
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  • A mother and calf common dolphin are transported to the beach by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium before being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach.  The dolphins are two of at an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
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  • A mother and calf common dolphin are transported to the beach by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium before being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.  The dolphins are two of at an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
    Dolphin_Rescue06.jpg
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) volunteer, Mike Giblin, of Eastham, MA watches for signs of distress amongst a group of recently stranded common dolphins (including a mother and calf) in an IFAW rescue vehicle while they wait to be released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.  The dolphins are just a few of an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
    Animal_Rescue-034.jpg
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) volunteer, Mike Giblin, of Eastham, MA watches for signs of distress amongst a group of recently stranded common dolphins (including a mother and calf) in an IFAW rescue vehicle while they wait to be released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.  The dolphins are just a few of an estimated 30 dolphins that stranded along Cape Cod Bay's shores from Dennis to Wellfleet.  11 dolphins were successfully released back into the bay by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the New England Aquarium.  "This might be the largest dolphin stranding geographically speaking that we've had," says Brian Sharp, IFAW's stranding coordinator.
    Dolphin_Rescue09.jpg
  • Darlene Hoyt, 67, is photographed in the home she shares with her husband in West Yarmouth, MA. Darlene was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer four years ago during an annual mammogram.  When more atypical cells were found after two lumpectomies, Darlene underwent a double mastectomy. She recently got a hummingbird tattooed on her left breast area by well-known Cape Cod tattoo artist, Mark Corliss. "I wore my mastectomy forms for three years. Once I knew I was getting my tattoo, I stopped wearing them. It just felt so false to me. Why pretend to have body parts that I didn't have anymore?  For me, this artwork feels more authentic. I got to change the ending of the story, so to speak," she explains. When the tattoo project is complete, there will be a dragonfly on Darlene's right breast and some words underneath that are meaningful to her. "I love the tattoo because instead of there being an absence of something, there is an addition of something beautiful," she says.
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  • People are silhouetted jumping on a beach on Cape Cod.
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  • An atlantic white-sided dolphin is transported by a team of rescuers from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)  while being released back into Cape Cod waters at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, MA  The dolphin is one of 14 that stranded in Black Fish Creek, Wellfleet earlier today. Ten dolphins were successfully released. 
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  • After flooding a bog, Cape Cod cranberry grower, Ray Thacher, uses a water harvester to churn the water and loosen the berries from the cranberry vines below.  The berries have small air pockets in them that allows them to float to the surface of the water.
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  • From left, sisters Marilyn DiLillo, 74, and Carol DePalma, 78, are photographed in Marilyn’s home in Yarmouthport, MA. The sisters grew up in East Walpole, MA. Marilyn was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer 24 years ago and again last year and Carol was diagnosed with a serious sarcoma 24 years ago. They are the only remaining members of their immediate family; their siblings and parents were diagnosed with various types of cancer. Genetic testing on Marilyn ruled out any hereditary predisposition to cancer. “We believe our cancers are due to environmental factors. There was an asbestos shingle factory nearby and our home bordered a park where DDT was sprayed nightly during the polio epidemic. We all played in that park,” Marilyn explains. While Carol lives in Florida and Marilyn on Cape Cod, the sisters are close and visit each other frequently. “It’s comforting to spend time together,” adds Marilyn, who just finished treatment for her second bout of breast cancer.
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  • I was photographing in the other directoin at Cold Storage Beach in Dennis, MA when I turned around and saw eoplesilhouetted on the jetty. I loved how expressive their body positions were and felt that the moment really captured the magic of a summer evening on Cape Cod.
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  • After flooding a bog and corraling the cranberries, Cape Cod cranberry grower, Ray Thacher, sets up the "detrasher" which cleans and separates the berries after they are pumped from the bog.
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  • After flooding a bog, Cape Cod cranberry grower, Ray Thacher, corrals cranberries using a boom.
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  • Researchers from the Whale Center of New England, National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Cape Cod Stranding Network take measurements and perform necropsies on euthanized pilot whales after a large group of whales stranded for the third time in  Fresh Brook Bay in Wellfleet, Ma.
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  • Two stranded common dolphins wait to be transported to a waiting vehicle by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare at Herring River in Wellfleet, MA. The dolphins are two of 7 in the latest batch of dolphins found bringing a total of over 80 stranded on Cape Cod shores in the last week.
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  • I photographed Reverend Gerald Gilmore, 100, and his granddaughter, Nina Gilmore,at his home in Orleans. Nina had come to Cape Cod to spend the last few months with her grandfather. I was so moved by the connection between Nina and her grandfather who, she said, was like a father to her. "He was filled with adventure, whimsy and light," she told me. I thought this moment captured the bond between them. A few days after this photo was taken, Reverend Gilmore passed away.
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  • Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Emergency Relief Program, Ian Robinson, watches as a common dolphin swims off after being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.
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  • A couple are photographed at a Cape Cod beach.
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  • A couple are photographed at a Cape Cod beach.
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  • Director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's Emergency Relief Program, Ian Robinson, watches as a common dolphin swims off after being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.
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  • A rescued common dolphin is given a hearing test before being released back into Cape Cod Bay at Scusset Beach in Sagamore Beach, MA.
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  • Musician, Sarah Burrill, 57, is photographed in her home in Eastham, MA. She was diagnosed with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer at the age of 40.  "I was in shock when I found out and did everything under the sun. I had two rounds of high dose chemotherapy and a mastectomy; I did herbs and glyconutrients; I even had myself energetically erased!" she exclaims. Sarah got an enormous amount of support from her community which hosted six fundraisers for her. "I’d go out just for hugs and to have connection with people even though I looked quite scary," she recalls. Sarah eventually had her other breast removed because she didn’t want to have reconstructive surgery and was tired of medical procedures. "I did mourn both of them but it’s okay at this point," she says. The tattoos she now has on her chest represent her connection to her sister, whose ashes are buried under the cherry tree in her yard and her mother, whose ashes are buried under the dogwood. "Music really helped sustain me when I was going through treatment," Sarah explains. "I brought my guitar to the hospital and when I was too sick, I watched the Beatles anthology videos".  Sarah wrote the song "Rise Above"--from which this project's title comes--for the Cape Cod Women's Music Festival a few years ago. The lyrics became a local anthem for women going through breast cancer. "So put your hands in our hands, we’ll walk together strong and we'll kick some ass, we’ll rise above and we’ll carry-on," she sings.
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  • Sally Largey 51, is photographed in the home she shares with her 16 year-old son, John Patrick, and cat, Sly, in Eastham, MA. Sally, who has no family history of breast cancer and no genetic markers, was diagnosed with stage T1c, multi focal, invasive breast cancer in 2017. Three lymph nodes were positive. She had a mastectomy as well as radiation treatments. "My son was my motivation to keep it together," she says. "To break the news to him I referred to World War Z, a zombie apocalypse movie we watched together. The zombies wouldn't attack ill people so I told him that at least I would survive a zombie invasion" she laughs. Sally works at a senior center and said when she returned to work, several women came up to her and told her they'd also gone through it--perhaps a testament to Cape Cod's high breast cancer rate.. "The hardest part was worrying I wouldn't be here for my son and also losing part of my body. I just try to keep swimming," Sally explains. "When a dark cloud appears, suddenly all my blessings shine through and I am grateful," she adds.
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  • Six years ago, I photographed artist, Coco Larrain, 57, at her home in Brewster, MA, the day before she had a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. This image of Coco, which was included in multiple exhibits I had about women's experiences around the world, was the catalyst for my series exploring the many faces of breast cancer on Cape Cod. Coco documented her first encounter with breast cancer years before through painting and drawing. “I’ve often done self-portraits, and documenting myself going through cancer treatments helped me get outside of what I was feeling,” she explains. "It was helpful because my focus was on the act of making art rather than on feeling sick.  Also, I figured I would never be bald again so why not paint myself while I was?!" she adds, laughing.  Ten years after her first cancer, Coco was once again diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy and a transdermal flap reconstruction. It took five surgeries to complete the process which involved taking skin and muscle from her back.  "I photographed myself during the entire experience. One of my ideas was to make a book to help others see the process before deciding to go forward with it themselves," she recalls. "Going through breast cancer twice changed my entire attitude and made me so much more grateful to be alive and healthy,” she adds.
    Coco_Larrain.jpg
  • After flooding a bog, Cape Cod cranberry grower, Ray Thacher and his crew rake berries towards the mouth of the pump.
    JuliaCumesAgriculture-023.jpg
  • After flooding a bog, Cape Cod cranberry grower, Ray Thacher, uses a water harvester to churn the water and loosen the berries from the cranberry vines below.  The berries have small air pockets in them that allows them to float to the surface of the water.
    JuliaCumesAgriculture-018.jpg
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