So many of you are following Jill’s story on my blog and on facebook. We get to show Jill’s story this coming week. For the final cut aways we met in LA and for the first time we got to meet Barton. Jill and Bart fell in love and married. Within 6 months Jill was in a fight for life, losing both breasts to cancer at only 32 years old. At the end of the shoot for Jill’s video we went back to the studio and in the last light of day I took these. It’s just a glimpse, of the beautiful love and care they have for each other. Barton you are an honourable and gracious Man. You stand beside your beautiful wife and I am so proud that you are my friends.
Beautiful in more ways than words could ever say…
Simply beautifull <3
…… show, don’t tell.
The last photo just took my breath away and made me cry… tears of joy for this gorgeous couple.
Gorgeous I love them.
Beautiful! Sad yet a beautiful story.
These photographs say as much about you as they do about Jill and Barton.
Love, respect & trust.
An amazing couple, and an amazing artist.
So beautiful and so full of love.
oh wow…..so beautiful. You can feel the love they have for each other…..
My mom battled with breast cancer for years. I love that you’ve captured her beauty and essence as a person, it’s about her not the disease and you are celebrating her/them. Sue, these are so incredibly beautiful and touching, what an amazing couple they are. And what a beautiful and talented person you are.
Sue, I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face. Jill you are beautiful and thank you for telling your story and your lovely images. I know you had a blast in Paris, the pictures are amazing (sue you have excelled). Your story is so touching and humbling…you are truly special.
Sue, what can I say? You have started something big….
In tears…beautiful beautiful photographs..
courageous, loving, supportive, comforting, appreciative, peaceful, enduring… these images convey more than what can be described in words…. I can feel their deep emotional connection in the pit of my stomach, and I cried, for I understood their story before having read the blog.
Thank you for capturing and sharing these…
Absolutely stunning. Love the mood and emotion coming through these images. Sue, you have outdone yourself!
Wow. This is beautiful and moving. Gorgeous couple.
Gorgeous Sue! Bart and Jill, such a handsome couple! Love the images and the mood they evoke.
Oh Sue, these are not only incredibly beautiful and evocative but you captured the nuances of their deep love for one another. I am looking forward to later this week and seeing Jill’s story as seen through Hailey’s eyes but I have a feeling it is going to be heartbreakingly bittersweet.
Sue these images are jaw-droppingly beautiful. There aren’t really any words I can put together that describes how they make me feel. Jill and Bart will be able to cherish these breathtaking moments you captured forever. Thank you so much for sharing such raw images with us <3
Simply beautifull!!!
Speachless. Touched. Full of respect for the Woman, the Man and the Photographer. You guys ROCK!
Its Monday morning in Sydney. I’v walked into my work and opened this, my first email. This is so confronting, so beautiful, so unfair, so loving. Tears everywhere.
Oh Sue, these are just beautiful. You don’t even need to write a thing, because the photos truly speak for themselves. They speak LOVE – beautiful, real, love. What a beautiful couple…Jill – thank you for sharing your story with the world and taking us along with you! You are a remarkable woman & I adore you!
So inspiring !
A fantastic capture! Thank you Jill for sharing everything.
That is so fantastic!! They are beautiful. Thank you for sharing!!
This post conjures up so much emotion. I have looked at this post several times today. Each time I open it I literally feel like I have been punched in the chest. The wind is taken out of my lungs and my heart stops. It drives home how two beautiful people have experienced an incredible traumatic journey and seem to be the closer for it. It shows the depth of their love for one another. The last photo in particular is exceedingly moving. I think because it shows enough of Jill’s chest to remind us of the trauma she has endured and seems to show how she leans on her husband for emotional support and a sense of peace. This is riveting!
Omg, this is so beautiful. This is what photography is actually about. So inspiring. God bless you Jill and Barton…
Inspiring, poignant, beautiful. Incredibly moving images that express so much. They take my breath away.
So tender and loving, beautiful pictures!
I don’t want to be a swinger. Like I said in the song, I’ve been through it all, and nothing works better than having someone you love hold you. John Lennon. 1971. Touching images.
WOW, amazing Sue!
My thought this morning when I saw this this morning was ‘man, people are really incredible’. That goes for all three of you.
Looking at these photos I see their deep love not that she is a breast cancer survivor. Jill is very loved and blessed and this is what I see. Beautifully done!
This is true love indeed…So thankful you are telling their story.
Sue! These images are so beautiful. You can see their story in these pictures without even reading about it. What an honor for you to photograph them. Loved these!
Wow! Moved to tears by the love in these photos. Beautiful work Sue!
oh… beautiful
Simply beautiful, brought tears to my eyes to see such love from both.
Touching…emotional & beautiful. The images, them & their love. It all comes through the images.
Brought tears to my eyes, You really feel their love.
Wow! Simply beautiful story and elegant images …
Sue, these are absolutely, 100% amazing. How moving and breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
Sue… these are precious. Amazing. Beautiful
Amazing. So moving thank you to you and the couple for sharing.
This took my breath away! Jill’s story is so inspiring to so many women.
What a beautiful couple both inside and out! God bless you both….
WOW! These images are just stunning.
they are an inspiration! this is what love is about
I saw the story in the dailynews and on FB – love the black and white photos you took above and the video was amazing – the photos in Paris -WOW!!!! Jill and Barton are amazing
I was diagnosed in May 2011 with stage 3 triple negative and as a photographer documented my own journey – I am in currently still under doctor care but have been NO disease detected on follow ups. I have stayed positive and totally embraced everything that came my way during treatment.
My best to you, Jill and Barton – as a Warrior I was glad to see Jill’s story and shared it on my FB page for others to see. Jill is so inspiring.
In tears…beautiful photographs and so stunning.
I am 20 years out, was 42 when diagnosed; now 62.
Keep being beautiful keep being strong keep showing and telling. That is how i got here with the support of my family everlasting!
warm regards,
sharon
ps I lived in Paris for a year. It is a lovely city isn’t it?
beautiful and honest
…beautiful couple…love like this these days is very rare…very rare indeed…God makes them and pairs them…God bless the both of them…