Rotary projects around the globe - Italy
The Rotaract Club of Milano Nord Est Brera collaborated with an art publisher to produce a book of photography featuring women who have had breast cancer surgery to put a face to the fight against the disease. “With body painting they show that the scars have been overcome while remaining part of their history,” says club member Stefano Mercuri. “The project was aimed at them rediscovering the beauty that comes from art, even starting from a scar.”
The club worked with the artist Stefano Pelloni, whose style is based on tribal body painting, and Il Randagio Edizioni, a book company that uses environmentally friendly materials. The club printed a limited-edition run of 500 books and is selling them to raise funds for the Italian branch of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.