Influences

Katie Joy Crawford - My Anxious Heart

http://www.upworthy.com/12-grave-photos-that-capture-how-depression-and-anxiety-can-feel

I found this series of images about anxiety that show a feeling of being trapped along with facial expressions, movement with double exposures and a sense of vulnerability with the different positions. This is similar to what I would like to add in to my images so I will have to experiment with the individual things like expression and movement and then further experiment with combing them as perhaps double exposures post production so I can edit them a bit more than if I did the multiple exposures in camera.

I like the feeling of being trapped/claustrophobia that the transparent sheet over the face and body creates, especially the one in the bath as the water along with this feeling creates a sense of drowning so it actually makes you feel something which is pretty effective as you are trying to get people to understand how you feel with the illness. I hope to try and create a feeling like this with my images.

With the movement and facial expressions you can see the fear/worry/confusion they feel as well as the feeling almost like a frightened animal, again showing vulnerability which shows the effect of the illness well.

Edward Honaker - Anxiety and Depression

http://www.ignant.com/2015/09/24/photographer-edward-honaker-documents-his-own-depression/

I think these images express Edwards feelings of not belonging, feeling isolated even though he is surrounded by family. They show that he is not enjoying himself, he feels trapped, reaching out for help and has no energy. 

I got all of this information just from looking at these images and I hope to create something in which you can read the images like I have read these. I think it gives a much better understanding to the thoughts and feelings surrounding something than just a simple explanation as you can express feelings better visually as you can use your imagination to a better extent when you are trying to process what an image is trying to portray.

Chris Vieira
http://www.gallery.je/the-awareness-of-mental-health-related-issues-in-jersey

I love the way Chris has used movement in his images as he has created a soft look, making the person look delicate, vulnerable almost. I like how the movement is blurred but you can still make out that the subject is a person.

As I really like looking at landscape images, I like how he has shot some of these on location with trees/forest areas in the background of some, it really contrasts with the smooth blurred figures. I would like to shoot on location with my shots as I really like the harsh contrast, especially as I will be incorporating movement too. I will experiment with these shots in my next module.

I get the feeling of isolation from the shots incorporating landscape as the subjects are alone and small compared the the vast area behind them. A feeling of loneliness, I even get the feeling that are perhaps trying to escape the negative thoughts by going to these locations. They really make you think and I hope that I can produce a series of images with as much meaning.

Emma - Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emmakitten/2929664034/in/photostream/

Although there is not a series of images, just one, I still think it shows a lot. The way she is holding her head in her hands along with the movement to me shows stress or anger, almost like she is about to burst. I can't see her facial expression but I can still understand she is showing negative emotions so this image is really effective, even by itself. It's so blurry the tones almost run in to each other but there is still a lot of contrast.