Much of the focus of the project is on feeling beautiful in your skin; half the women he photographed have had — or need — a double lung transplant.

"A lot of this is back to the issue of body shaming," he told the Huffington Post. "Women with no scars have it bad enough in this digital age; now grow up with massive scars across your belly, and scars from your double lung transplant," he says. "Seeing how positive they can remain when dealing with this horrible disease is inspiring."