Depression – Russell Perkins

This series of self-portraits is designed to encapsulate the emotions people suffer through when battling with this debilitating mental illness.

Shot in and around several empty car parks, the purpose is to provide a sense of being alone in a stark desolate place, as well as using a common emotion connected with depression, of feeling as if you cannot be heard, as if you are a ghost.

Depression is one of the most common of all mental health problems. One in five people experience depression at some stage in their lives. Around one million Australian adults and one hundred thousand young people live with depression each year.