claire jones

The funny farm inside my head

Hey there, just thought id do a journal entry on my latest series as i havent really mentioned what its about in the images. Basically im doing a series of portraits on how mental illness can sometimes allow people to see the world and themselves differently whether it be good or bad. People often see mental illness as a terrible negative thing and maybe for some it might be traumatic, but in some cases it is a release from your mind. Freedom of thoughts and seeing a completely different world that most of us will never see. A beautiful world. Some of my images for this project are quite dark, but others have a warm feeling to them. All the charactors from the series are a mix between real cases of people i know, people ive imagined and the way i would imagine myself if i was them. Im doing a series of 30 portraits, some of which i will show on here. others i will put on my website if you get bored!lol. All images are going towards my book im creating early this year entitled…you guessed it ‘The funny farm inside my head’. Anyway, just thought id share with everyone what it was about. If anyones got any feedback, constructive critism or anything please let me know because i want this to be my best project to date so will probly need the help :-D
anyway, thanks for everyones support who have viewed or commented on my work,
cheers :-D

LocoCow, 6 months ago

I think what you are doing is great… The images are crisp and intriging
Randy Monteith, 6 months ago

If I had thought of this and then created the images I would have been locked up for sure!!!!

As I am presently in a ” Witness Protection Program ” I don’t want to stir things up!!!

Watch out the nice while men in the white suits are coming to get you !!!!

Your a Genuis and I love your PhotoS!!!!!
Jen Cannella, 6 months ago

You are amazingly creative and talented!
marcusjohn, 6 months ago

You will rock this project in. This is so very original and your portrayal and expression is amazingly done.. look forward to viewing all 30..
claire jones, 6 months ago

god! thanks for everyones positive feedback!really appreciate it.
and Randy, ive been getting that alot lately lol…but i keep tellin everyone im not crazy…i get all that out in my work :-D
Peter Coleman, 6 months ago

hope you are going to sell some copies to ‘your aussie friends”?
Keep up the good work, I could’t even scratch my arse when I was 19.
Naomi Mawson, 4 months ago

I am in awe of your talent and can’t wait to see you book.
[ raae ]- Minister of Something Super Important, 28 days ago

It’s not very often someone’s RB profile is interesting enough for me to go through ALL of their images and read all of the information about them. I don’t know much about photography but your images are so captivating and thought provoking! The other great thing about your work is the originality of the concepts!.. i can’t ever recall seeing similar ideas or even anyone that your work reminds me of.

really really great work! I can’t wait to hear about the launch of your book.