PHOTO ESSAY by Richard J. Murphy
CANCER JOURNAL
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“Cancer Journal” begins on the winter solstice of 1998 when Richard Murphy’s wife, Bonnie Bernholz, learned she had breast cancer. It continues through her year-and-a-half battle with cancer, her death in 2000, and the lives of Murphy and their son, Will, following her death. Murphy prepared this photo essay for Alaska Quarterly Review from his journal, which is part of the permanent collection of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. The project was made possible, in part, through the support of the Decker-Morris Gallery in Anchorage. Murphy’s photographs have appeared in publications ranging from U.S. News & World Report and Time Magazine to the Anchorage Daily News and the Nome Nugget. He has also contributed many cover photographs to AQR.