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- Janelia Mould is a fine art photographer and conceptual artist working on a photo series about her struggles with depression.
- Her images show the subject with her head and limbs missing to symbolize the numbness that accompanies the condition.
- She hopes the photos help people who don't have depression better understand those who do.
Janelia Mould, a fine art photographer and conceptual artist known as Cheeky Ingelosi, uses her art to express what words can't about struggling with depression. She's been channeling her flair for surrealism into an ongoing photo series entitled "A Girl Called Melancholy. The Story of Depression."
Here is a selection of her photos.
Janelia Mould is a fine art photographer and conceptual artist from South Africa.
She's working on a photo series about depression called "A Girl Called Melancholy. The Story of Depression."
Mould said the photos are "essentially self-portraits" based on her own experience with depression.
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