Interview and spotlight: The effect capturing the world around you can have in times of change. Ross Garrett on his journey through commercial & personal photography and mental health.
Ross Garrett gives a glimpse into his ongoing photographic project ‘9 Seasons’. Focusing on its ongoing creation whilst sharing his journey of both commercial and personal photography exploring how mental health factors into both.
Interview and spotlight: Jennifer Georgescu, ‘I Know all the Songs by Heart’
Jennifer Georgescu shares ‘I Know all the Songs by Heart’, exploring its creation and her process. Giving insight into using photographs to document representations of her emotional state after the loss of her brother. Explaining that the images are a process of grief and the acceptance of the not knowing.
Interview: Dana Stirling on the creation of her photobook, ‘Why Am I Sad’, and how mental health factors into her work.
Dana Stirling gives insight into the creation of 'Why Am I Sad', exploring her process and design choices. Reflecting on how photography supports her and that mental health is a constant companion when capturing images.
Interview: Kathleen Robbins on her project ‘Ginkgo’ an exploration of the messiness of profound loss, motherhood, grief, landscape and family.
Kathleen Robbins explains how the notion of place, exploration, time and memory are present throughout her work. Explaining the process of creating ‘Ginkgo’ with her son after the loss of her husband, its link to her family and how it has helped healing.
Interview: Heather Evans Smith on the creation of her project ‘Blue’ and its relation to depression
Heather Evans Smith shares how she created her first series of work that was specifically about depression, 'Blue'. Giving insight into the cathartic process she has created and how photography has become an important part of wellbeing and expression to her.
Interview: Presley Rives on her practice and using journal entries to start the creation of ‘Until The Light Shines Again’
Presley Rives shares thoughts about her first project that centered around depression. Explaining her process from journal entries to the creation of images that helped her understand and work through her new diagnosis.
Interview: Oliver Raschka on his practice and the creation of his archival project 'Sorrow Is All The Pain Of Love'.
Raschka explains the cathartic process of creating his project, ‘Sorrow Is All The Pain Of Love'. Noting that within the archival project he explores how personal traumas of serious family events, illnesses and burnout, manifest visually. Putting emphasis on his work being about healing and growing.
Interview: DMT on their practice and how being a creative works alongside the process of therapy and healing.
DMT shares how their practice shifted during the creation of ‘Holyday’. Shedding light on how they create work from their perspective, that cannot be what it is without their autism, and exploring how it draws on their experiences with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Interview: Amy Fleming on her practice and using the camera to ground herself.
Amy Fleming gives insight into how she started making photographs to help her with the new reality of being diagnosed with a panic disorder. Focusing on her body of work titled ‘When Did I Stop Being Invincible?’.