04/27/2017
TW // mental illness, eating disorders, self harm, drug mention
For my senior photography project (all the way back in 2015) I did a series on romanticizing mental illness that I presented. With the recent popularity of β13 Reasons Whyβ I started thinking about it.
For me, this project was really important. I wanted to find a way to talk about mental illness that was approachable. I was going through a lot at the time and had hit an especially bad point in dealing with my anxiety and depression, as well as my eating disorder. I was trying to cope and deal with trauma as well.
I made this series to illustrate how we romanticize mental health issues sometimes, using flowers. Itβs kind of a dual meaning, considering that flowers are not only a symbol of life, but are left on our graves after death as well. (This is most prominent in my photo of the scale I think) I think Iβm going to reshoot this series sometime soon.
(If you could reblog/retweet here that'd be rad!)
http://amorucci.tumblr.com/post/160053515839/tw-mental-illness-eating-disorders-self-harm
https://twitter.com/dishearteneds/status/857680452584452099