One of the highlights of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, was our BOLD photo shoot with photographer @caroline_sikkenk 🎀

The @bold_exhibition is a labour of love for Caroline who realised that once the hair is gone, a different kind of beauty emerges. Other features draw our attention, delicately or strongly outlined cheekbones, cheerful freckles, the shape of the lips, a certain sparkle in the eyes. The hair no longer distracts our attention from the pure beauty of a face. Because you can’t hide behind your hair anymore, the emotions on your face also become more vivid. Photographing these women is a very special quest to capture their beauty, strength, purity, and courage. 

Thirteen women took part in the first UK #boldphotoshoot (including @thelindanolan) of all ages and backgrounds, with some still undergoing treatment and others having completed treatment - all have lost their hair, and our images show them as bald or at various stages of regrowth. 

We are planning a photo exhibition in early 2024 to show off all the wonderful portraits (shout out to potential sponsors), and we will share more of the personal stories and ‘journey’ of each model.  I can't wait to share with you all how utterly AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL these women are …… in the meantime, I’ll share some teaser images.  Let me introduce you to (Instagram handles):  

💗 Catherine ‘Cat’ - @wearwithbrogues 

💗 Lauren - @iaurencp 

💗 Jemma - @jemmaredfarn 

💗 Tricia - @triciajenise 

💗 Sophie - @Lingy26 

💗 Anaïs - @oulalahoop 

(Thank you to our European partner Think Pink Europe for helping to fund the project and to Anne-Marie at @bickertongracegallery for allowing us to use her space and being so generous with her time and expertise).