Jon Rees
Jon Rees is a street photographer and artist who runs therapeutic photography workshops. He speaks with Pamela about his father having bipolar disorder, and his mum's interlinked mental health struggles.
Jon is a street photographer and artist who has said about his work: "Photography quietens my mind and I have a mind that really needs quietening. When I'm looking through the lens of a camera, I am completely in the moment and nothing else matters." He talks to us about his father's bipolar disorder, and the long-term impact on his mother's and his mental wellbeing.
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