"Based portrait photographer Jonathan Thorpe captures an incredible image of his friend and model Heather Byrd, in which the young woman (who also happens to be a cancer patient) is at the center of a thought-provoking recreation of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. Standing in as the Goddess of Love and Beauty, Byrd is in the nude, exposing a deep sense of vulnerability amidst a cold, unforgiving hospital-esque environment. Thorpe, who typically shoots comedic portraits, knew he didn't want to photograph his usual sort of beauty shot of his friend, who was undergoing chemo treatments for her diagnosis of Leukemia. Instead, the photographer and his team came up with a concept that took a classic painting and reinterpreted it with a powerful twist that resulted in a shot titled The Renaissance of Heather." mymodernmet.com/... ITS AMAZING, ITS ARTPOP. A beautiful story of overcoming and transformation, the transformation of pain into art, into hope. We're with you! Never give up! Let's put this at the top, everyone needs to see this story and be inspired to never give up! I believe you can overcome all your problems! #MonsterArt #Love #kindnessonline #ARTPOP #Venus #BornThisWayFoundation #littlemonsters #applause #GoddesOfLove