Baring It All

Photographer David Jay

This heart-wrenching and inspiring documentary puts a beautiful face on the heroism of breast cancer survivors in their 20s and 30s. It follows New York-based fashion photographer David Jay and four brave women - all in different stages of battling the disease - who become subjects of his groundbreaking photographic series, 'The Scar Project.’

When his friend loses her breast to cancer at age 32, fashion photographer, David Jay deals with it the only way he knows how, by taking her picture. The implications are wider reaching than he ever imagined. Baring it All follows Jay from his life as a photographer into a world of young women scarred by breast cancer.

Cancer Survivor Marcy

Young mum Marcy discovered a lump while pregnant. Vanessa underwent chemo, radiation and surgery as a newlywed and was forced to deal with deeply altered dreams for the future. Michaela had ovarian cancer and opted for a double mastectomy that profoundly affected her marriage and Sylvia struggled with the cultural implications of losing both her breast and her hair.

Determined to restore their faith in life and their own beauty, Jay creates a photographic series of the young survivors. The portraits are beautiful yet challenging. The result is cathartic and empowering. Baring it All is a story of acceptance, a journey of rediscovery, and a celebration of life.