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Sofía Yanjarí

Photographer
   
Triple negative
Location: Santiago, Chile
Nationality: chilean
Biography: My documentary work has a main interest in social issues, in topics such as human rights, migration, feminism and news coverage. I have a Bachelor of visual arts and a painter degree and also the title of professional photographer. Currently... MORE
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Copyright Sofia Yanjari 2024
Date of Work Jul 2018 - Ongoing
Updated Nov 2021
Location Santiago, Chile
Topics Cancer, Documentary, Emotion, Health/Healing, Journalism, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Spotlight
Triple negative.

Sonia Aburto, a 59 year-old woman and an independent kinesiologist, was detected with a very aggressive breast cancer, in stage 4. 
A Triple Negative cancer.
In July 2018, she went from treating patients to becoming one. The physical changes, characteristic from the disease and the treatments are evident, but the feeling of weakness, vulnerability or loss of independence are not so visible.
The word Cancer is a paralyzing and frightening word that makes us face the possibility of unexpected death. Dealing with the disease on the domestic sphere is a mainly feminine task, time and society have defined it this way, especially in Latin American societies where machismo is still deeply rooted in our customs.
Even when the person who takes care of the rest is the one who gets sick, the courage to be a woman is evident.
Worker, mother, daughter, woman, cancer patient and fighter, she gets up every day to face life, her illness, to take care of her sick mother and the operation of her home. Without tragedy, without victimization, simply with acceptance.
Triple negativo.

A Sonia Aburto, mujer de 59 años y kinesióloga independiente, le detectaron un cáncer de mama muy agresivo, en etapa 4.
Un cáncer triple negativo.
En Julio de 2018, pasó de tratar pacientes a convertirse en una de ellas. Los cambios físicos, propios de la enfermedad y los tratamientos son evidentes, pero la sensación de debilidad, vulnerabilidad o pérdida de independencia no son tan visibles.
La palabra cáncer es una palabra paralizante y aterradora que nos hace enfrentarnos a la posibilidad de una muerte inesperada. Lidiar con la enfermedad en el ámbito doméstico es una tarea principalmente femenina, el tiempo y la sociedad así lo han definido, sobre todo en las sociedades latinoamericanas donde el machismo sigue muy arraigado en nuestras costumbres.
Incluso cuando la persona que cuida del resto es la que enferma, el valor de ser mujer es evidente.
Trabajadora, madre, hija, mujer, enferma de cáncer y luchadora, se levanta cada día para enfrentarse a la vida, a su enfermedad, para cuidar de su madre enferma y del funcionamiento de su hogar. Sin tragedia, sin victimismo, simplemente con aceptación.

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