‘I don’t know how to get better’: Laia Abril shows the hell of eating disorders
The Spanish photographer’s sombre and affecting photobook The Epilogue tells the story of Cammy Robinson, who died at 26 as a result of bulimiaIn 2010, Laia Abril started a project on eating disorders with a multimedia piece called A Bad Day. It looked head-on at the daily life of a girl struggling with bulimia and was a wilfully uncomfortable experience. Out of that came a self-published ‘zine, Thinspiration, in which Abril documented the controversial Pro-Ana community which, in her words, "has turned anorexia (Ana) into its dogma" and where activists "venerate the illness giving meaning to their totalitarian ‘lifestyle’." Continue reading…
The Spanish photographer’s sombre and affecting photobook The Epilogue tells the story of Cammy Robinson, who died at 26 as a result of bulimia
In 2010, Laia Abril started a project on eating disorders with a multimedia piece called A Bad Day. It looked head-on at the daily life of a girl struggling with bulimia and was a wilfully uncomfortable experience. Out of that came a self-published ‘zine, Thinspiration, in which Abril documented the controversial Pro-Ana community which, in her words, "has turned anorexia (Ana) into its dogma" and where activists "venerate the illness giving meaning to their totalitarian ‘lifestyle’."
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SOURCE: Eating disorders | The Guardian – Read entire story here.