LAKELAND, Fla. - Five eye-catching photo portraits of cancer survivors aim to inspire hope at the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center.

"I hope when they see that photo that they know that cancer is not the end, that there is life after cancer. There is hope after cancer," Sara Durante said.

Durante is underwater for her photo, surrounded by an umbilical cord. It's to honor her battle with ovarian cancer, followed by seven rounds of IVF to have her son.

"I think it just felt powerful seeing how far I'd come in my journey and that my dreams had come true, and now I just got to tell it from the other side," Durante said.

The backstory:

The project is modeled after a similar exhibition at a Cleveland hospital, but that one features traditional portraits. Photographer Scott Audette ha

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