How Photography Saved My Life | Bryce Evans | TEDxSFU
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- In this emotional but uplifting talk, Bryce Evans takes us in an incredible journey in beating depression. Through the use of photography, Bryce shares how one can defeat mental illness.
Bryce is an award-winning artist of social change sharing insights on life through art, photography and marketing for a better world. As founder of The One Project, he teaches and connects people around the power of therapeutic photography to learn, heal and grow. Photography saved his life by helping him overcome severe depression and anxiety and with 5 years of insights he is now building an online platform to connect the dots between photography and becoming our most authentic selves.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
We're grateful to the TEDxSFU team for the opportunity to help bring more light to the conversation around therapeutic photography.
I'm 28 years old and I've been struggling with anxiety for as long as I can remember (although back then I didn't know what it was). Photography has helped me along the way and because of this I decided to do my Masters thesis on treating anxiety with therapeutic photography. Thank you Bryce for sharing your story and founding The One Project, this will help me with my research and also personally. Big hug!
Thank you for your kind words and sharing a bit of your story! Please stay in touch regarding your research/thesis and let me know if there's any way I can help. We're really wanting to help bring more scientific backing to the incredible healing power of photography. 💛
Photography saved my life too. Thank you for being brave.
+Cynthia Graham Thank you, Cynthia, for reaching out to say so. I strongly believe that photography doesn't get enough credit in the wellness space. We're working on changing at with The One Project ☺
Just saw this video Bryce. I decided in 2013 that I wanted to be a professional photographer!
My life was going no where. I had gotten fired from a printing job, ended up in retail dead end job. I was very depressed. So, I decided to do photography, in all of my free time!
Photography helps sooth my depression. I do landscape and wildlife photography.
I am getting worse it seems as I get older. I might have to take some kind of drugs for my depression.
Anyway, at this moment, I am about to move to Colorado, to do landscape and wildlife photography! Wish me luck!
Thanks for sharing. Remember the importance so you pick up your camera and head outside when you're feeling the waves of depression start to hit.
I just sold everything and packed a few bags to Southeast Asia for a while to reinspire my photography and recommit to the practice. All the best in your new adventures, Mike! 📷
That's awesome that you got into photography. I wish you the best on your new journey and may u overcome depression. The only way out is in. Let that sink in.
Just read this , hope all is well. Give us an update
"Our full potential cannot shine until we feel whole" - heartfelt words and truer than most people know. Thank you, Bryce. from one photographer to another. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
+Haruo Chikamori you're very welcome, Haruo, I'm glad it resonated with you. And thank you for your kind words, it means a lot ✌🏼📷
this is exactly why photography is such a powerful medium, this was awesome
Thank you, Henry 🙂 I completely agree!
Just starting photography as a hobby this week and it did make me feel a certain way I've never felt before... knew there must be a meaning to this... Thank you Bryce, you hit the nail on the head !
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The one thing I fear the most is speaking in front people, even the camera. But Photography is how Bryce explains I feel the calm. A rush of beauty.
+PenButNoPencil-Photography trust me, I completely understand that, and this talk was a big step up for me in terms of public speaking. The techniques I developed and teach at The One Project helped me to very slowly become more comfortable in front of the camera, connecting to my authentic self and gaining more control over the depression and anxiety. It can be a long, hard process, but it's nothing less than life-changing. Keep your camera (and head) up 😊🏼💛📷👊🏼
I relate to this on every level. The greatest comfort to me wasn't words, it was seeing those photos, being an author of my own destiny and life. Poetry wrote created into visual. Without this powerful creative tool. A camera. We all have one even on our phones. So your next path, your new path is just a click away. Getting into photography is the best assistance for so many many issues. The exposure an image brings, is a conscious release. Thankyou for this expression.
I am going through anxiety and depression for the last six years, I am 33 now I don't have friends n love, it's a very very long story which I want to pen it down with the help of photography but the situation doesn't allow me to explore my dreams n i am kind of killing myself slowly, I want to fulfill my dreams before I die to share my journey of life.
Thank you for sharing Bruce, that was beautiful and inspiring!
Thank you Bryce. Loved the TED talk. I will never forget you saying that you listen to your inner voice. Me too, and Like king David in the Bible he says in Psalms that he speaks to his Soul as he speaks to the Father... Just take it to Jesus... Again, I can relate, thank you...
Wow Bryce... Your TEDx was incredible.. I too suffer from anxiety and as well, stress. Overwhelming stress and anxiety. I feel like you have given me a reason to take another look at life and take my camera from out of its bag of where it hides from the world. Thanks again, Bryce.
You're welcome - glad to provide that boost for you ❤️ and thank you for your kind words
I've had that experience a lot; someone shows me something in my photo that I hadn't seen it before, or interpret a photo in a manner that I would have never thought of.
Wow Bryce, you have literally just described where I am in my life right now. I am feeling rather lost, but use photography to find my way and trying to stay focused on my children and an end goal.
I am currently studying for my BaHons Degree in Photography and for my final year I am concentrating on myself and depression. In my dissertation I am researching and developing am argument on whether or not photography is the best form of therapy for those with depression like you and I. For my final two assignments I am developing my story, one focused on my depression, using surrealism to portray how I feel, daily. At the moment I am reading quite vulnerable and am struggling to work through everything, I have built up a persona for so long that it is hard for me to finally address the fight I continue to have with my Authentic self. I would really appreciate it if you would help me by possibly answering a few questions surrounding photographic therapy and how you feel it helps others live with depression.
Thank you :)
Thank you and more power to you
Gotta love photography.
+onceit isover with all of the therapeutic benefits and powerful personal insights it can bring 👉🏼✨📷💛
onceit isover Get a job
i am presenting on mental health and photography in a few days. this really helped give me some great stepping stones; i am so happy you found your voice.
I can relate to your experience very easily . Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ricardo - you're welcome, hope that you're doing well and out taking lots of photos 🙂
Well done brother on switching on that light great talk man ♥ I walked away from my old life including professional photography in 2004 when I was in a state of depression. It took 4 yrs for me to get focused and shift some s..t so to speak but I did it :-) and although I never got back into photography when the dark clouds dispersed, after a further 6 yrs of living with a clear head with no darkness last year through my TH-cam channel I started documenting my return via twice weekly videos on photography and to me all that love and passion for Photography came flooding back, so yes man I totally agree with you on the medium of photography to being a great help, well done man on everything you do - Sean
Hey, thanks Sean! 🙂 I appreciate your kind words and you sharing a bit of your story. I too have had times when I 'disconnect' from photography, even when I'm doing well. Glad to hear that you're reconnecting with the passion and light ✨📷✨ I'll check out your videos - all the best!
Thank you!
Thank you it has helped me. I began bird watching, it helped me so much.
Bird feeding is how it helped me.
So Inspiring, and I can totally relate! diagnosed as bipolar 31 years ago, I am now finishing a degree as a photographer and have begun working on a project that is unofficially titled "Photostory of how Mental Illness Feels". It's been a hard project, but you have inspired me to keep at it!! I hope to publish it as free information for families of people suffering from depression and mental illness.
Thank you Shelly! We'd love to have you join our community, we have lots of resources and courses included that can help you with your project - our flagship is called "Build Your One Project" 😉
wow, maybe explains why Ive never been sharing any of my captured moments... I'm btw* still considered to be fighting a "severe depression" and got two slr's and one dslr* just mentioned to emphasize that I really like photography ^^
Powerful story. Impactful images. I like how you wove your inner world into the path you found to connect with the external world.
WOW! Thank you Bryce! This really touched me! Might even have been a life changing talk!Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words, Carmen and I'm happy that it resonated with you
❤ means a lot to me!
ngl i have to write my personal statement and i just typed in TED TALK Photography.
but this was like exactly what I'm trying to sayyyy! like omg so good. so relatable omg feels
Thanks Cleo :) glad that you could relate and be impacted by the message! Feel free to join our community online.
Glad to hear 🙂 you're not alone!
The audio on this is sooooo quiet! I listened under headphones and forgot I had to turn it up. Watched the next video and .... owwww!
🙁 Yeah, I was pretty disappointed they had tech issues that made it so quiet. I'm working on getting subtitles on the video to try and help a bit.
Bryce Evans it doesn't take away from the message, which I love, it's just a shame they can't re-process the video and audio.
Trust me, I'm working on it haha. Good to know though. Thanks David!
Bryce Evans no, thank you :)
Thank you for sharing your story. Very inspiring and amazing work ! All the best
Thank you Nurcan! That means a lot to me 🙂
this...💘
Thanks Marwa 💛
Congrats Bryce!
+Monika ZA Thanks Monika 😊 well wishes all the way from Vancouver!
audio is so low😑
:)
Why is this video so fkin quiet, i can bearly hear anything on max volume
I think that there's a couple of problems,1 there's a lack of compassion, 2 there's a lack of people with listening skills,people don't know how to listen,people are to busy,people sometimes want to shut you up,they want to listen to them because they know what your problem is,they have the solution to your problems.
amazing budy 💓💘💖✊
I like to wear TED TALK pullovers
Can you update your website so I can actually join?
"Is this mic on...?"
I really wanna believe you're not an actor using random photos my 2yrs old son could make. Said so, you sound wonderful though I don't enjoy your art, hoping you are not a fake I thank you for sharing your intimate story
Good for you for finding your voice, Bryce. But I have to say that your One Project sounds an awful lot like Broken Light Collective, and all of the work that Danielle Hark has been doing for a few years now. You must have come across that photography and mental illness awareness community?
+megahloo Thank you! I am familiar with Danielle and the work she's doing, I came across it a few years back. This isn't the start of my journey with The One Project, it's been evolving over the last 5 or 6 years. :)
You're right that there are similarities between The One Project and Broken Light Collective, however our approaches are quite different as we provide a private community and also focus on education of therapeutic photography techniques (for both those affected and mental health professionals) through online courses, workshops, etc.
I AM NOT FINE. nobody listens.
Hi Brent, if you're really struggling right now please reach out to professional support in your area. 💛 Sending positive vibes your way. There are always people listening and available to help out.