Michael and Helen

Head On Photo Festival 2010

Nadia Janis

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This event has concluded

Dates: 05 May 2010 - 17 May 2010

Location: Gaffa Gallery 281 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Hours: Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm, Sat: 11am until 5pm

Entry Fee: Free, donations welcome

This work is a documentary series on Michael and Helen. Michael is 60 years old and lives with schizophrenia on the streets of Balmain, Sydney. Helen is also living with schizophrenia and is his occasional friend. She lives on the ground floor of a block of housing commission apartments in Balmain with Tony, whom she met at Rozelle Pyschiatric Hospital many years ago. Michael and Helen is an ongoing project documenting the lives of those less fortunate than ours.
It seeks to personalise their experience and remove the distance and barriers we sometimes create between “us” and ‘”them”.

This event has concluded

Dates: 05 May 2010 - 17 May 2010

Location: Gaffa Gallery 281 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Hours: Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm, Sat: 11am until 5pm

Entry Fee: Free, donations welcome