FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
Bipolar disorder portraits
I created the photography project "From darkness to light" to show some of the strong emotions that a person with bipolar disorder suffers. I think it's important that people know that a bipolar person is like any other, with the difference that our emotions are more intense. With medication, a bipolar can do almost the same things as a normal person. Through this project I would also like to express that people who suffers any mental illness often need support from governments and society.
PROJECT
Juan H. RodrÃguez
Photographies: Juan H. RodrÃguez
Performance: Nganji Laeh
"If you say to someone: I'm asmathic or I'm diabethic, then they go: Oh, goodness!. But if you say: I'm bipolar, ther is a little look, a flicker in their eyes, and it's tricky. Not in Hollywood, of course".
Stephen Fry