Photography and insanity: a sight over the human condition on the experience of the mental disturbance

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos Bulla Júnior Faculdades Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2005v1n1p213

Keywords:

Mental disturbance, photography, imagetic speech, psychiatric institution.

Abstract

This work came out of a project which consisted in the building of a photo essay in a psychiatric institution, in order to achieve an imagetic discourse over the experience of the mental disturbance. A presupposition was adopted, that of photography allowing the proximity of the observer to this reality, by means of a visual message. This procedure should be instrumental in making people become more concerned about the significance of such proximity, which is not confined to those who are inside of an institution.

Author Biography

Luiz Carlos Bulla Júnior, Faculdades Maringá

Graduado em Psicologia pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá e Especialista em Fotografia pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Professor da Faculdades Maringá.

Published

2005-07-15

How to Cite

Bulla Júnior, L. C. (2005). Photography and insanity: a sight over the human condition on the experience of the mental disturbance. Discursos Fotograficos, 1(1), 213–230. https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2005v1n1p213

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