Initially, I set out to use photography to represent elements of my psychotic episodes. As depression affects so many of us I aimed to detail what can be deemed as embarrassing or fearful, and open up an otherwise taboo subject. Photography can be restricted to a narrow, visual interpretation of the world, while psychosis acts like a prism through which experience and meaning are refracted. These influences have an intertextual resonance that can be harnessed to relay wider meaning and achieve greater understanding of psychosis. This interest in how aspects of mental health is pictured feeds through to much of my website, which remains a resource of candour.
My current series ‘Family Seat’ is a departure from my initial investigations and is concerned with the exit from the family home after bereavement. However, it continues to expand my therapeutic use of photography.
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