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#Mental - Stories
November 2020
 Germany Berlin Mental illness is a topic I strongly relate to. I suffer from strong anxiety attacks, and five years ago, I had to struggle with strong depression. The depression was partly caused by external causes like a broken heart, traumatic family issues and a very unsafe living situation - but also my family... |
 United Kingdom London Originating from the Philippines, Ernielson Limbo uses personal family photographs in order to explore and challenge the representation influenced by normative values the mass population conform to.
Growing up in a strict Filipino household, experimentation with gender and sexuality was forbidden... |
 United States of America St. Charles Women are rarely one thing or another. They cannot be categorized or labeled. A woman can be anything and everything at any given time. Within are the secrets that they keep. The world is full of monsters with friendly faces and angels full of scars. We never reveal, eve... |
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Discrimination, miscommunication and lack of communication made mental illness patients particular lonely. This may make them create imaginary friend(s). They just need care from others.
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 United States of America Providence The last several years have held too much loss. People who I love dearly yanked away. Some seeing no other way, but an end by their own hand. I still struggle to process it. As someone who battles with depression, I can understand the wish to leave this life behind. With each loss mor... |
 United Kingdom London In her last photographic works, Valentina Albino explores the concept of chronic pain, influenced by her own experience as a chronic migraine sufferer since the age of seven. This selection of images is taken from two intimate self-publications: If you were me and It’s going to be okay (one day). Th... |
 Turkey Istanbul "Imposibility of love turn all mankind of man to mad one"
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 Italy Genova Panic attack. Analogic photography. Double exposure. Kiev 88. Ilford HP5 400
This photographic series is about a personal problem of mine on anxiety problems and panic attacks that I have been carrying on for many years now. Thanks to photography I was able to explain the various phases that I li... |
 United Kingdom Droitwich/Worcester Having been diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of six, I’ve struggled on and off with body image issues and depression. This includes a distorted perspective on life, a sense of my identity being overwhelmed by my disability, a tendency towards bleakness and not trusting anything that appea... |
 Canada Mississauga I suffer with bipolar disorder and I always have to put on a mask but it sits behind my just haunting me? I try to find light in the holes that are dug by myself.
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Mental
Open Call for powerful visual stories on mental health, the contest aim to exploring the
topic in photography through the lens of artists, showcases the reality of those who
directly or indirectly confront the challenges of mental problem and to
raise awareness of mental health issues.
