the.embodiment Project

The.Embodiment is a collaborative, long-term multimedia project by Iri Greco and Jim Fryer, the photographers of BrakeThrough Media, and Sarrah Strimel, founder of Damn Good Yoga, the project’s sole “subject” as well as its co-creator. The dominant thread of the project is a photo essay encapsulating the experiences of Sarrah’s breast cancer journey through its emotional and physical manifestation and evolution. While the project has emerged during the thick of the COVID era, photo access to Sarrah’s real-life doctor appointments, chemotherapy, and plastic surgery consults was completely restricted. Because of this, the creators decided to showcase these events through creative conceptualization and the impact they had on Sarrah in real time. The.Embodiment follows Sarrah as she discovers and observes the changes in her body, as her breasts become disengaged from the rest of her identity and her emotional maturity is catapulted into the future. As Iri once said to her during a shooting session, “I feel as though I am watching you grow from who Sarrah was into the woman you were meant to become 20 years from now – but it’s all happening in front of my very eyes.” The. Embodiment is intended as a cathartic exploration for Sarrah personally, as she follows this journey, as well as a vehicle to share the most intimate and raw moments that other cancer pre-vivors and survivors could relate to and take inspiration/comfort from. For the photographers, Iri and Jim, the project has