Hall of Shame | Mental Illness photography sequence

  • Ela Stipicic

Hall Of Shame is a project about mental illness. The goal of this work is to trigger a mixture of empathy and fear within the viewer in order to understand the difficulties of living with such a burden. The series represents a visual construction of the internal feeling when suffering from a mental illness. Each subject's head is covered as a representation of the disapearence of ones character

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that
causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events.
These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness.
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Claustrophobia is the fear of being enclosed in a small space or room and unable to escape.
Agoraphobia  is an anxiety disorder characterised by symptoms of anxiety in situations
where the person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no easy way to get away.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterised by abnormal social behaviour and failure to understand what is real. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, hearing voices that others do not hear, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and a lack of motivation.
Social phobia is an anxiety disorder characterised by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.
Hoarding disorder is a pattern of behaviour that is characterised by excessive acquisition and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that cover the living areas of the home and cause significant distress or impairment.