CLEVELAND, Ohio - A picture is worth a thousand words. Angelo Merendino’s pictures tell a story.The Cleveland musician turned photographer spent decades creating environments where people feel comfortable being their authentic self.”If I’m taking a photograph, it’s not about me and what I’m projecting. It’s about what you’re trying to express. So, it’s the same as any conversation.
“She called and said ‘Hey, I got the reports from the doctor. I have breast cancer,’” explained Merendino. It was during a 15-day hospital stay that the husband, caregiver, and photographer and his wife made the decision to document their journey so family and friends could see what they were going through.
The personal, private pictures of Jen’s brave fight with cancer lives on through the photos that are helping comfort others with the disease.