Fine Art Photographer Ellen Cantor is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the series ‘Unorthodox Anatomy’.

They Told Me I Was Out of Alignment

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”

   – Aristotle

They Told Me I Had Scoliosis

UNORTHODOX ANATOMY references the 16th and 17th century genre of still life painting popular in the Netherlands called vanitas or momento mori. These paintings contains collections of symbolic objects invoking the inevitability of death. Although I was not contemplating my immediate demise, the thought of major surgery made me think of my mortality. Having been diagnosed with scoliosis, spondylolisthesis and stenosis, I started to visualize the anatomy of my lumber spine and how the doctors proposed to correct my abnormalities.

They Told Me I Needed a Cage

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