July 20, 2015
Christian Hopkins Photography/Facebook
"Depression (dih-presh'-uhn) n. - knowing that, no matter how flawless your editing is, your wings will always be held up with string." - Christian Hopkins
Diagnosed with depression at age 16, Christian Hopkins, known on Flickr as Capt. Truffles, has found a way to depict his emotions through photography.
Hopkins, a 22-year-old Philadelphia native, said the images best express the effect that the mental illness has on him, DailyMail reports.
"Instead of trying to create a cool image, I made each photograph represent a manifestation of some specific demon that I needed to purge from myself before its corruption became unbearable," Hopkins told The Weekly Flickr.
"It’s the pain that drove me. It was the pain that inspired me. Ultimately, my photography became a form of therapy."
"Inner Demons" (Christian Hopkins Photography/Facebook)
"Song of Myself" (Christian Hopkins Photography/Facebook)
"Tinman" (Christian Hopkins Photography/Facebook)
"Before I actually started, I couldn’t imagine myself with photography," he told The Weekly Flickr. "And now, I can’t imagine what I would do throughout the day if I didn’t have photography in my life."
See more of Hopkins' photos on Flickr.
