Photographer Documents His Own Depression In Dark Self-Portraits

I wish I didn't identify with these so well...I can't say I want to kill my self, I love life and the people around me, but so often it can feel so isolating. Like you can hear voices of happy people from behind a black curtain but if you dare to open it the light is so blinding and off putting.

Thank you so much for sharing these. They take away the negative stigma of depression, so many of us can identify with one or all of the photos and feelings attached to them and maybe someone will reach out and get help because of your beautiful works of art. I hope some day we see pics of you with pink & purple balloons, in turquoise waters, snuggled in green bed linens and pearly white teeth grinning from ear to ear.

I have depression for 16 years. Yeah, I can say those pics... well, these suite to the theme...

This statement hit home with me... “All I knew is that I became bad at the things I used to be good at, and I didn’t know why."....and that is it. Thank you.

These truly are great depictions of what it is like to be depressed or going through an episode of manic depression. I know this not only because I have been and am going through a bout of it myself, but because the way that the photos made me feel as I went through them. The photos really capture the lack of motivation, hopelessness and self-unawareness that happens with depression. There have been many days that I want to lie in bed and go nothing and others where I feel that I am stuck with nowhere to go and that I am powerless to act. Thanks for this.

These photos are not to glorify mental illness or somehow make it beautiful. This is the result of depression, raw emotion, how we feel...

Deep topic, beautiful photos nonetheless

Brilliant beautiful photos.wow!

This describes exactly how we feel. Everyday we need to find the way to stay strong. In my case writing is the best alternative to fight against bad feelings...

Who was the photographer that was showing their depression? I would love to see what other work they did, lovely photos

These are incredible and strong. I also love how the 4th and 5th seem to be tied together, as well as the last 4. Great composition.

very poingnant

These photos are bone-chillingly creative and spot-on.

this is so powerful

Beautiful portrayal of a destructive thought process. Artistic expression at its finest.

Beautifully portrayed. Like you, making art has kept me sane. Keep doing it!

I can not explain how i relate to every single one of them. Those picture with an unidentified or masked face tells so much about the darkness lived. The second pic almost made me tear. you are surrounded by the people who love you but you don't feel the love and instead feel disoriented and out of place. These pictures define depression in such an anxious way that im crying just thinking about what it makes me feel.

I absolutely agree with you. This is how depression looks like, feels like and there's nothing you can do. Or someone else. Because everyone thinks that is you say something encouraging like "You'll get through it", they think that everything's ok and life moves on, but they can't feel and sense the same thing. It's different. And, also, depression is under a curtain of misconception... Great photos, by the way! :)

Interesting and beautiful. The one in the bathtub captures how I feel at times. I will tell you there is light at the end of the tunnel if you ask for help.

I've been depressed pretty much my entire life. I'm now 28 - sad to say. These are beautiful and helpful to normalize something so lonely.