{"id":47946,"date":"2020-02-06T13:09:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T13:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=47946"},"modified":"2020-02-06T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T13:09:49","slug":"19-year-olds-photo-exhibition-tells-his-battle-with-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/19-year-olds-photo-exhibition-tells-his-battle-with-depression","title":{"rendered":"A photographer tells his battle with depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">19-year-old Thomas Evans said that photography helps him to take power back during his toughest time.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-500x331.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Thomas Evans in his photo exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking\nout of the shower with his hair dripping wet, Thomas Evans pressed the button\nof his camera placed on the Harry Potter books stacked at the end of his bed. Within\na few seconds, a self-portrait was done, where his face went blank in front of\nan empty wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nhundreds of moments, Thomas took photos of himself like that as a way of\nbattling with depression. He never thought his work could be an exhibition\nsponsored by Arts Council of Wales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re\nall purely capturing how I was feeling the second that the camera went off,\u201d\nsaid he. \u201cIt&#8217;s the idea of a survival instinct. I just did it because I had\nto.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"695\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/dripping.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/dripping.png 462w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/dripping-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/dripping.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/dripping.png 462w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/dripping-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>A self-portrait  <em>photo provided by Thomas Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The photography work was exhibited chronologically, telling the 19-year-old\u2019s plight of living with depression. Some of them are raw capturing with blank expressions and colorless background, while some of them are metaphoric with distorted or invisible body shape. Emptiness. Void. Breathlessness. Decay. The signals released by these photos led to the unseen injuries of Thomas\u2019s toughest time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"437\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003.jpg 647w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003-500x338.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003-530x358.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003.jpg 647w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003-500x338.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8003-530x358.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Thomas said he felt isolated and not being listened at the beginning of his depression<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"436\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006.jpg 654w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006.jpg 654w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/IMG_8006-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> Thomas said he was surrounded by anxiety and blankness from time to time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas\ndid fantastic grade at school with nearly perfect attendance. Biology and\nChemistry are his passion since schooling, and he thought he was set up to\npursuit them. \u201cI was like in a starship at GCSE and school was my absolute life.\u201d\nEverything went smoothly on his track until the depression pressed a sudden\npause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s\nlike a switch went off in my brain. It was so quickly switched from me being my\nnormal self.\u201d He said he was suddenly incapable of comprehending life anymore.\nHe took the school bus. He sat in the lessons. He secluded himself in support\nroom all day. He couldn\u2019t talk with people, and didn\u2019t remember if anyone has\ntalked to him. \u201cI was going from person to person and all anyone could ever say\nto me was I&#8217;m not qualified. I had to go to that process of trying to find\nsomeone who was qualified and who was able to help me but that was a long\nperiod,\u201d said Thomas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans-500x338.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans-530x358.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans-500x338.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Screenshot_2020-02-05-Thomas-Evans-530x358.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Thomas said that his life went blank after depression  <em>photo provided by Thomas Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He\nfelt himself being a body moving through rather than a human with feelings and\nemotions. Life was switched to a simply cycle rotating from days to nights,\nwhere he got lost while contemplating things around. During the height of his\ndepression, he usually sat silently on the beach for the whole day, as ocean is\nwhere he could find peace and non-interruption. \u201cWhen I&#8217;m stuck in school, I\nneed to get out to the beach. It was just me needing to kind of survive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was until he took up photography that he saw\nthe light in tunnel. \u201cPhotography was my way of control and it was my way to\nkind of take my power back and to know that no matter how bad I&#8217;m feeling, I&#8217;ll\nalways have a camera and I&#8217;ll always be able to do what I do,\u201d said he. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life were peaks and troughs. At some point,\nhe felt depression was his protection. \u201cI was so used to this depressive state.\nPart of me really want to just stay in this really dark, devastating lifestyle.\u201d\nSometimes, He was struggling for pretending to be recovered in front of his parents.\n\u201cI didn\u2019t want to burden them with my struggles again like I did before, as\nthey were completely count on my experience after that. I was trying to give\nthem a break.\u201d But no matter how life was, he could literally be himself in\nfront of the lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"451\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection-500x347.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/protection-500x347.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The picture named <em>protection<\/em> told his willingness to stay in depressed status  <em>photo provided by Thomas Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence-500x325.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/turbulence-500x325.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> The picture named<em> turbulence<\/em> captured his misery of disguising himself being recovered  <em>photo provided by Thomas Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He gradually took control of his depression. The last image of his exhibition is a portrait of him holding sticks on a country road with half of his body disappeared. He said the levitating stick is a symbolic of the depression overwhelming himself, but he could hold it still in the halfway, not allowing his body to be completely erased. \u201cIt&#8217;s meant to represent that I have control over how much I love for my symptoms to affect me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling-500x332.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling.png 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/controlling-500x332.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The abstract image conveys Thomas&#8217;s sense of controlling his depression <em> photo provided by Thomas Evans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas\nreturned school eventually and finished his A-level courses in three months.\nAfterwards, he applied for US liberal art colleges and was awarded the full\nscholarship from Bennington College, becoming the first one in his family to\nreceive tertiary education. \u201cThere is a belief within society whether conscious\nor subconscious that your postcode defines your future and frankly to me that\u2019s\ncompletely false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas\nis now in his gap year, earning the fund for his study and engaging in various\nactivities of mental health support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m\nquite comfortable with the fact that my depression will never fully go away.\u201d\nHe said he got a lot inspiration from John Keats, a poet alienated in the era\nsparing no efforts figuring out the world. He fancies a phrase from the poet\ncalled \u201cnegative capability\u201d, which favors the beauty of unknown and uncertainty.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy\nrecognizing your own powerlessness, you&#8217;re actually taking power back. Once you\nhave gained a little bit of power back, it gives you the leverage to\nprogressively take more power back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"1200\" data-height=\"1000\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tom_evans18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by Tom_evans18<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Find more about Thomas&#8217;s journey on his twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19-year-old Thomas Evans said that photography helps him to take power back during his toughest time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":47974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[330,386],"coauthors":[697],"class_list":["post-47946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","tag-mental-health","tag-photography"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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