Photo taken by contributor Samantha Pugsley, a 24-year-old conceptual fine art photographer from Charlotte, North Carolina. She first picked up a camera during her junior year of college. This was right around the time when she was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Things that were once easy became impossible for her. Getting dressed in the morning, shopping at the grocery story, driving her car…just living, was a panic attack waiting to happen. Photography helped her heal. With her camera she could start a conversation about what was going on in her head. She could say things with her images that she didn’t know how to say out loud. She still struggles with anxiety but making art helps her talk about it and manage it. She started a 365 photography project to ensure that she’d be doing what brings her joy every single day. She has noticed that her anxiety level is much lower if she spends time with her camera every day.
About this photo: “Themes of being trapped run rampant in my work. Anixety feels like that to me, like being perpetually trapped. Sometimes it’s easier to just wrap myself up in something physical because it makes more sense to fight something tangible. I often use my photography concepts as a way to understand the anxiety I feel. I create my own circumstance to deal with the complex emotions in my mind.”
Find more from Samantha at her website or flickr.
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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FANTASTIC!
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Very powerful and poignant image. x
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Nice concept and image. I am going to be wiping non-existent spider webs off my body all day…….sweet……j
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The image says it all. MM 🍀
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Very impressive
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Gorgeous!
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Kudos for this excellently crafted image. It really conveys being trapped and “scarefully” so. Plus. it is so beautifully done. Nice work!
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Beautiful!
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Reblogged this on Photo Pincher.
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This photograph is brilliant! You should be very proud of your work.
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This is so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
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That’s really powerful both the photo and your description. It’s ironic because you look like you could be the spider and yet you’re trapped in the web such a true statement all around about what anxiety is like, you’re trapped in your own web.
Cheers!
eLPy
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Reblogged this on Oyinda Abiose – Photomedia/Independant Project and commented:
I have reblogged this photo because it expresses a sense of entrapment that I have not yet looked into. I would love to create a image using material like this photographer has expressing the feeling of restriction that may be experienced when feeling depressed of anxious.
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