The Blurb: Amanda Villegas has been a photographer most of her working life. But, when her partner Chris Davis developed a rare, aggressive bladder cancer, she went from being a decorative photographer to a documentarian, willing to look death head on. Her work is stark, absolutely honest and, often quite beautiful. It dares you to look away. In the episode, Amanda talks about the path that led her here and the working process in the face of loss that helps keep her sane.

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One of our ongoing themes in this podcast is the impact that telling a story has on the storyteller. Amanda Villegas used her camera to both document what happened to Chris and to keep a promise to him - to try and stop this from happening to anyone else.

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