Art has always been a vehicle used by those to express themselves. Various mediums can be used to achieve this, such as painting, woodwork, graphite…
Kevin Dooley is an artist that specializes in photography and has been publishing images on Flickr for many years. His pieces range from fun images…
Richmond Kobla is a Ghanaian-born photographer based in Sydney, Australia. His project “Men Do Not Cry” was inspired by a written blog from fellow Sydney-based…
The following photograph, captured by university student Freya, describes her struggles of adjusting to a new culture all by herself, and how she found the…
Remnants still remain of an abandoned asylum that used to house the criminally insane in New York. A photographer by the name of Freaktography managed to…
This series of images created by York University student Jessica Butler, represents her struggle with anxiety. The series represents internally feeling overwhelmed and chaotic, while…
Life On The Line, a non-profit art project organized by Twentytwenty Arts, featured prints of original artworks by 20 local artists displayed inside subway trains, in Toronto. This…
Depression by artist DestinyBlue shows the duality between the public face of depression and the private. Often those with depression will hide it, and might…
At the University of Minnesota, art is used to create a dialogue about mental health. Art in Mind was a mental-health art exhibit that presented works…
For the past six years, Melissa Spitz of St. Louis, Missouri has been using photography to illustrate her mother’s experience with mental illness, referring to…
In her album, “romanticization of mental illness” Kelsey Weaver reveals an ongoing struggle with self-harm and self-medication.
In his series, ‘It’s Hardly Noticeable’, photographer John William Keedy depict his personal struggle with anxiety through photography. He didn’t just publish self-portraits, however. Instead,…
The Ottawa Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience exists in part to establish links between scientific discourse and people interested in mental health. An art gallery they…
This is a good example of the diversity and individuality of people affected by eating disorders. Fritz Liedtke has also collected other portraits and stories…
