ORACLE Cancer Trust Christmas Concert
This was my third year at the above event, first two years as the photographer and this year as one of the ex-Royal Marsden patients who volunteered to give a reading. Considering it’s the fantastic medical folk from the head & neck unit at the Royal Marsden (consultants, doctors, nurses, radiographers….and so on) to whom I owe my life as they’ve successfully got me through throat cancer in 2007, and a recurrence in my chest in late 2009/2010 it seemed a good time to post a few of the photos covering the different experiences of each of the three years.
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These were from the 2009 concert, two years after I had been given the all clear, two weeks after I had been diagnosed again and given a survival chance of between 10 and 40 percent! There were two nurses who were so important when I was at my lowest during the treatment, one was on the door for the 2009 concert, the other had asked me to photograph her wedding – a real privilege. The third shot is the orchestra and choir in full flow.
The above shots are from the 2010 concert and feature the choir, Thames Chamber Orchestra and an address from Nigella Lawson, the Vice President of the ORACLE Cancer Trust. This years’ was slightly different in that I wasn’t doing the photography, however was doing a reading, and had a chance to meet Nigella Lawson to thank her for the nice quote she had given about my book ‘Bangers & Mash’. The third photo is of the three ex-patients who gave the readings.
As ever my utmost thanks to Peter Rhys-Evans and his amazing team at the Royal Marsden, both for excellent evening concerts but also for helping me successfully to get through cancer twice. For more information about my book and cancer experiences please go to http://www.throatcancersurvivor.co.uk , or for more of my photography http://www.keithhern.com. If you have any questions please just email me keith@keithhern.com or call me +44 7900 826714.
