"This Woman Should Be Dead"

• Photographer
  Brian Cassey

This woman should be dead ... Carol Mayer was horifically burnt in a tragic house fire eleven years ago when a young woman. Doctors and Specialists said she would not survive and told her family she was going to die. She suffered burns to 90 percent of her body and some fingers had fused together. Since then she has had an estimated one hundred operations and her body is almost completely covered in scarring. Carol has survived ... with a remarkable bravery and grace. I made this image for a feature in a Sunday newspaper. Carol's inner beauty shone through her dazzling beautiful eyes ...