Text, Depression and photographs reserch

After reading some of the 'diary' entrys i got sent. It made me want to see how other people used text in images on depression and it got me thinking how i could do the same. I looked around on amature photography websites as well as in magazines and in books, and more professional websites. I find it difficult to Find photographers and video makers to reserch, or just initially where to start off on the first step.

One of the first photos that caught my eye was one by an amature photographer under the name of 'active8' on redbubble.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/active8/art/2547428-2-why

the piece is entitled WHY... and while its more of a graphic piece rather then a photography piece but i love the use of text in this image. sadly its only a single image rather then a collection.

The photo is based around a poem and while it simple and quiet clean, it is a rather good use of text using the blank walls as canvuses to manipulate text onto as well as messing around with the texts perspective to get it to fit in with the shapes of the walls and floor.

While serching on Jpgmagazine under there online photo stories i found an interesting photo story collection by Adam Knott he called it 'Grief girl: a writers journey' And follows him as he photographed his wife as relived the terrorfiing tragity of loosing her parents at 14. Reliving this for a book it in turn sent his wife into a deep state of mental depression to which soon become the focus of his photographs. He then desided to add the extracts of his diary at the time about his worry and concerns about his wife. These images not only relate to the theme of my work but also to the idea of using text. They are all black and white photos, and all portraits of his wife doing the everyday things while sufforing. You can feel the pain of the wife while reading the pain of the husband and it also looks into the effect that depression has on the people around sufforers. i love the creative use of the text. He uses his handwriting but its in specifically placed areas, or around the body, nd even sometimes on the body. I really like the photo where hes actaully wrote on his wifes face (after the photo of course.) this is something i think i could look into, this creative use of text. The texts just adds to the high emotional elements to the photographs.