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12. New York Times Magazine cover August 1993

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"When the artist and activist Joanne Motichka took the self-portrait that appeared on the Aug. 15, 1993, cover of The New York Times Magazine, she was 39 years old. Ms. Motichka — who goes, Cher-like, by Matuschka — had been told she had breast cancer at 37 and had undergone a mastectomy and six months of chemotherapy.

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When the photograph appeared on the cover, it received one of the largest responses in the history of The Times Magazine. “Nothing had caused quite as much of a stir,” Ms. Froelich said. “It was one of the all-time most controversial, and a gatherer of a lot of letter writing.”

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Mail from readers arrived at the magazine by the cartload: thousands of letters from men and women, some who identified with the cancer survivor on the cover, and others who objected to what they felt was too negative a portrayal.

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But the response to the bold photograph was largely positive. “I applaud you for your courage and commitment to issues that affect us all,” one reader wrote, adding that the cover image “was the most powerful I have seen on any magazine.” "

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/insider/breast-cancer-mastectomy-photo.html