You don't look depressed (2022) Fotografie door Liliia Kucher

The support of my closest people

Helped the most

They cushioned me from all the sides

Without them I wouldn't survive



The print is part of my ongoing work Body.Mind.Land where I explore connections between the body, the mind and the environment. The main inspiration comes from overcoming major depressive disorder. It's a time when I profoundly felt the interrelationship between my physical and mental well-being, and the impact of the environment on my health. The work consists of three parts: Body, Mind, and Land. These parts are interconnected, and explain each respective concept in relation to the experience of recovery from depression.



Body



Being depressed I spent most of the time laying in bed. If I needed to stand up to do something, I did it quickly and then returned to bed. It's the place where I felt not as miserable. I always had a plush toy with me in bed, it was comforting to hold it. It also helped me to sleep. I couldn't sleep well, sometimes I could sleep a few hours, sometimes I had insomnia several days in a row, sometimes I was waking up screaming. The photographs which make this chapter were made in my bed, and refer to the common symptom of depressed people - inability to get out of bed.


Pigment prints on archival cotton paper

22 x 33 cm on 29,7 x 42 cm paper

Limited edition of 20

Each print is made with archival pigment inks on 100% cotton, acid and lignin free, Hanhemuhle Museum Etching 350 g paper

They are produced by Atelier de Imagem lab, in Lisbon, and certified within the Digigraphie system

The prints are numbered and hand signed by me, and are accompanied by their corresponding certificate

They are sold not framed, but if you would like to order one already framed please contact me directly and we can organise it

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