This is a portrait of my wife, taken during her chemotherapy for breast cancer. The production of the portrait was a collaboration, with discussion at every stage of the process. The photograph serves to document this stage in our lives and the challenges associated with life-changing illness. I hope that the image reflects both the incredible fortitude that my wife has demonstrated, as well as the vulnerability that she has felt at various stages of her treatment. The portrait was taken at home using available light during a period of strict isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Richard Boll is an editorial and advertising photographer, carrying out assignments in London and internationally. Clients include Emirates Airlines, Sony, Zeiss, Land Rover, Rolls Royce and M & C Saatchi Worldwide. He graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Photography from Edinburgh College of Art in 1999, and gained an MA with distinction from the University of Brighton in 2016. Awards include first place in the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Gallery Prize and the Audi/ Next Level Award for contemporary photography, and he was a selected winner in the Magenta Flash Forward competition.
