The Grace Project

The Grace Project is a series of empowering portraits by renowned body image photographer Charise Isis that capture the courage, beauty, and grace of women who bear the visible and invisible scars of breast cancer. Charise's sensitive lens empowers breast cancer survivors to embrace their new body, and challenges current ideals of beauty by featuring survivors across the spectrum of body size, age, and ethnicity. The exhibition features large format portraits on silk, creating a graceful sense of presence that honors the women who have chosen to reveal their scars in front of Charise’s camera.

The inspiration for the grace project began when a client contacted Charise, wishing to have his wife, a double mastectomy breast cancer survivor, photographed in a boudoir setting in Charise’s studio. The client’s desire was for his wife to feel and see the beauty that he saw emanating from within her. The Grace Project was…