Photographer John William Keedy tries to capture disorders such as anxiety and neurosis in his photographs. Their work reflects behaviors that are considered "abnormal."
The end result is very interesting and it is a window through which we look into the lives of people suffering from mental illness.
The following photo shows us the hands of an anonymous person who grasps one of those instruments that have a dental floss to clean the remains of food between the teeth. Inside the sink are dozens of these bloody utensils and he has more than a dozen ready to use. Clearly, Keedy is mirroring obsessive-compulsive behavior of a person who feels compelled to continually clean their teeth.
Unfortunately I have not found any page that talks about the meaning of each particular photograph. So there are some photos that I don't know what kind of disorder they reflect, such as the following:
The following photograph shows a pile of packages stacked in front of a door, suggesting that it is the house of an extremely agoraphobic individual who finds it difficult even to open the door.
Another photograph that reflects a obsessive compulsive disorder:
Afraid of the dark?
Be better, be better, be better ... the obsession with perfection very typical of obsessive compulsive disorder.
No idea:
Obsessive compulsive disorder:
Doubts: Obsessive compulsive disorder? Close "possible" holes so that the hand is not "contaminated":
That one with the fence seemed to me to want to reflect claustrophobia, or to feel limited. On the other hand, it could also be someone clinging to the past, since all around you can see modern buildings and your house still has a dirt patio and a somewhat "rural" air. Already because of the drawings on the walls, they could mean an obsession, such as exercise or meditation (the plants in the background remind us of a Zen space).
The one with the many keys reminded me of paranoia, the impression that the person locks all the doors inside the house to feel safe.
The last one could also be a phobia of spending money, it seems that that glove is no longer useful and continues to keep it.
They are the impressions that those photos pass me.