Brian Molko Collaborate With Award-Winning Photographers for Exhibition Exploring Masculinity and Mental Health
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| Photo credits Helena Berg |
Professor Green, Gary Numan, Frank Turner and our beloved Brian Molko Collaborate With Award-Winning Photographers for Exhibition Exploring Masculinity and Mental Health
AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND MUSICIANS COLLABORATE TO CREATE ALPHA EXHIBITION EXPLORING MASCULINITY AND MENTAL HEALTH ON INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY (The Campaign Against Living Miserably)
Includes support from and portraits of Gary Numan, Frank Turner, Brian Molko and CALM patron Professor Green
‘ALPHA’ is an exhibition by five London-based photographers in aid of the charity CALM (The Campaign Against Living Miserably). CALM aims to prevent male suicide in the UK, and offers support to men who are living with depression or are in crisis. Suicide is the single biggest killer of men aged 20-45 in the UK, and CALM aims to keep men alive by talking.
This exclusive body of work has been produced by the artists to coincide with International Men’s Day and East London International Photography Festival (Photomonth) in an attempt to raise wider awareness of these issues.
The exhibition intends to start a dialogue about a subject often too difficult to acknowledge in today’s culture. A culture that in 2013 saw 78% of suicides in the UK carried out by males. A culture where the expectation of the stereotypical ALPHA male is relentlessly reinforced.
A mix of unknown and known faces including Gary Numan, Frank Turner and Professor Green are the subject of Scarlet Page’s portraits of men that have lived with depression or difficult life events. Captioned with imaginary words, some poignant, some comical, they highlight the emasculation men can feel when trying to express their emotions or talk about their experiences.
Helena Berg’s images almost trapped or frozen underwater, including Placebo frontman Brian Molko, evoke feelings of isolation and separateness; the inability to be in action.
Sources: Posted on November 5, 2015 by The Planet Of Sound
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ALPHA runs from Friday 20th November until Friday 27th November at theprintspace Gallery | 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL
