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NAME:Paul L Peterson
LOCATION: At my home in TexasMISSION: Photograph a series of
images about mental disorders
and addictionKIT: Canon’s 5 D Mark III
EF 100 mm f/2. 8 Macro USM,
EF 5 0 mm f/1. 8 II, EF 16 - 3 5mm
f/4L IS USM, 4 30 EX II Speedlite,
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Future, The Ambury
Bath BA1 1UA, UKThe light at the
end of the tunnel
Paul L Peterson shares how photography
helped him to improve his mental health
have dealt with
addiction and
depression for many
years and my wife has
dealt with bipolar and
anxiety for many too.
We’ve helped each other over
our nine years of marriage and
photography has played a big
role in that, giving me a way
to fully express how I feel.I turned to photography as
my therapy, deciding to take
part in the 52 week challenge,
where you take a new creative
photo every week. I started a
blog online and posted images
to document my mental
health. The image The Voice
Within is about the voice that I
hear due to my condition, and
here I’m screaming back at it.I