Becky

Permission Not Required

Some people walk into a room and you can just feel their energy. Becky was one of them. The sheer force of her spirit was undeniable, shaped by a life of discipline and passion as a world-champion rider. When she stepped in front of my lens, I saw a woman who knew her own power and wasn't afraid to own it.

Her diagnosis came at a time when options were few and the silence around breast cancer was deafening. Losing a breast often felt like a mark of shame, something to be hidden. But Becky refused to be quiet.

I could almost hear the conviction in her voice even now as she recounted telling her doctor, “I don’t see out of them, hold things with them or walk on them. Cut ‘em off.”

That single sentence captured her essence: pragmatic, fierce, and entirely unapologetic. Her horses and her chickens were her promise to herself—a reason to keep fighting, to live on her own terms.

Photographing Becky was like capturing a force of nature. She wasn’t just surviving; she was choosing to live boldly, without asking for permission. In her, I saw the beauty of defiance and the strength of a woman who writes her own rules.

Becky’s story is one of more than twenty powerful narratives of resilience and transformation featured in The Boob Project book. Get your copy today to get inspired by the women who refuse to let anything hold them back.