21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Finding Meaning: Spirit

To honor her health journey, Melissa Watkins is captured in a mask worn during brain radiation treatments, after her breast cancer traveled to her brain. A year later, Melissa showed her healed scar post-mastectomy surgery and radiation treatments.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Malibu, California, United States of America
Camera: ILCE-7RM3
Copyright: © Melissa Watkins