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A picture of health

Photography’s power to incite social change by making health issues visible should not be underestimated. Breaking the Chains, a documentary photography and … See more

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The therapeutic potential of photography

WebDaniel Regan began photographing at the age of 12, when he first started experiencing mental health difficulties. As an artist, he has produced intimate and …

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Illness, health, and the place in between

WebVale is the latest photobook by the artist, which he has self-published. Images of old trees, verdant valleys and hot summer hazes denote an archetypal British …

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Picture this: The Mind

WebEsther, The Bell Jar’s protagonist, compares her mind to a tornado’s eye as she veers deeper and deeper into depression — her life spins out of control while a …

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Exploring mental health through photography

Web8 of 8 Exploring mental health through photography “Food is the enemy my body is the battle field.” Source: Pro-Ana website. Thinspiration are images of skinny …

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A new open call for powerful visual stories on mental and …

WebHealth is a universal topic, no matter your age or demographic. Its impact is transformative, and its challenges can mean life or death. The Wellcome Photography …

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The fight for women's freedoms: Looking back at history …

WebOn Abortion is part of a new exhibition, Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency, on show at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.The show directly …

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An antidote to shame and secrecy: photographing …

WebThe photographs were coming to serve as a kind of antidote to the shame and secrecy that had characterised some of the family experiences to date. “When we …

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Exploring masculinity and mental health through the image

WebIn aid of CALM, five London-based photographers – Scarlet Page, Helena Berg, Jennifer Pattison, Will Morgan and Peter Guenzel – have put on ‘Alpha’ an …

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Community, love, isolation and health in Leonard …

WebSuryajaya’s ongoing project, Quarantine Blues, acknowledges his experiences of the last year, charting the erratic tempo of his psychological landscape. …

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Stephen Gill on memory, nature and home

WebOne of his early photographic collages displayed at the Arnolfini is a self-portrait. Gill’s 12-year-old head is cut-and-pasted on top of a cauliflower body, a camera …

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Celebrating 75 years of the NHS

WebThe National Health Service (NHS) was born in 1948 out of the belief that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth. Promising to care for the …

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The Town of Tomorrow: 50 Years of Thamesmead

WebNow a new book published by Here Press, titled The Town of Tomorrow: 50 years of Thamesmead, celebrates the estate’s past, present, and future. The book is a …

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Maja Daniels on documenting people with Alzheimer’s in a French

WebThe image is part of Into Oblivion (2007-2010), a three year project by Swedish photographer Maja Daniels that documents the daily lives of Alzheimer’s …

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Keerthana Kunath’s work addresses stigma and identity in rural India

WebKunath’s project, titled Naduu, pictures young women and girls where she grew up.Using photography, she hopes to stimulate the dialogue around sexuality and …

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Georgie Wileman: “I want the vulnerability of men to be shown”

WebBoys Do Cry is the latest project by Brooklyn-based British photographer Georgie Wileman. It portrays the scourge of suicide through the lives of a selection of …

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Amy Woodward's intimate, subtly political images advocate for …

Web“I knew I wasn’t coping with the changes,” she continues. “But now in hindsight I think, well how was I supposed to cope? My own mother was interstate, we …

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Photography and the environment: Three perspectives

WebFractured Stories – an exclusive British Journal of Photography commission supported by Ecotricity – will give one photographer the opportunity to capture the untold …

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Edward Burtynsky on climate, abstraction, and hanging photos like

WebEdward Burtynsky is standing in front of the most ambitious and labour-intensive photograph he has ever made. It is a blanket of golf-ball sized orbs and …

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