Best Days of Your Life: Jude Wacks

Photo-Therapy Day 2019

Royal Photographic Society – Bristol

Symposium: 22 May, Wednesday 10.00 am – 07.00 pm

Workshop: 23 May, Thursday 10.00 am – 07.00 pm

Symposium

22 May, Wednesday

14.15

Best Days of Your Life

Jude Wacks

London-based photographer, storyteller, campaigner Self-Injury Awareness

Jude Wacks will be sharing her insights of how photography as a medium has allowed her to navigate the emotional rollercoaster of adolescence and mental health.As a parent of a child who self-harmed, photography has provided a way for me to explore outside of my family and learn more which has enabled a cathartic experience and has allowed me to provide my evidence-based knowledgeto relevant local authority and health departments as well as supporting other parents with a listening ear to their pain and confusion.For the children who have been photographed by me, I have provided a medium in which they have the opportunity outside of medical and social services to talk candidly in a non-clinical creative way which allows the children to express and reflect.Through being introduced to photo therapy while undertaking her Best Days Of Your Life project, Jude has become a strong advocate of using creative arts as an enabler to provide help.As a professional photographer, Jude will reveal how her skills in talkingand photographing people can also be utilised in situations for individuals to benefit and help towards their personal recovery.