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Tyee Photo Essay

Young and Breastless

1 Jun 2004, TheTyee.ca

  • Season1

    ‘Four Seasons #1’ A pubescent girl whose buds are forming .

  • Season2

    ‘Four Seasons #2’ A mature woman.

  • Season3

    ‘Four Seasons #3’ A breast-feeding mother bursting with milk and fertility.

  • Season4

    ‘Four Seasons #4’ Torso of a woman who has been plucked, who is dry and has had a mastectomy.

  • Easyaspie

    ‘Easy as pie’ Turke’s found herself comparing her own mastectomy to hollowing out a pumpkin: “It was as easy as pie.”

  • SelfPortrait

    ‘The Alchemist’ represents how Turke progressed, turning a predicament into an achievement. Background is a pattern of percentage signs.

  • transformation

    ‘The Transformation’ After her operation, Turke spent time at the beach healing. This triptych progresses from a ‘medicalized’ self-image to one evoking summer and sea.