WHISPERING FOR HELP BY MARIE SMITH
Within this video we listen to two photographers, Tami Aftab and Marie Smith speak about their projects and their processes of developing ideas. Marie Smith focuses on her series called 'Whispering for Help' and what inspired her to begin that project. Battling with her own mental health, Smith decided to start a series in March 2019 named 'The Fog' to cope. This series made her question around the perceptibility of women of colour and mental health. Smith began researching statistics of how women of colour were underrepresented in rates of admission to mental health. These statistics compelled Smith to reach out to individuals struggling and build relations with them, hearing each story and photographing them in a way that they would have liked to be presented in. Her role wasn't just a photographer but a facilitator too.
The Photographers' Gallery - Exhibition Visit
Cao Fei
Cao Fei
Alejandro Cartagena
Alejandro Cartagena
Poulomi Basu
Poulomi Basu