Project HOPE

Do you want to join me with Project HOPE in making a difference?
Project HOPE is a non profit photography project to create awareness to Mental Health again and raise donations for Mental Health Foundation.

I'm a professional photographer based in Wilmslow. As a photographer, I wanted to do my small part in supporting the community in the current situation that we all are in. So, I decided to convert a future photography project of mine and fit it to the current climate: This is how Project HOPE came to life. 

Do you know that, maybe half of people struggling with mental health problems don't receive treatment, often because of the stigma attached to mental health. It is still a kind of taboo in the society.

On Project HOPE, I photograph dancers in lockdown. It is in a way, a documentary project, but I also want to create a positive perception to the situation we are in. There is always hope. There is always a joy in life. So I thought photographing dancers would fit perfectly with this.

I am photographing dancers - as I see dancer is a perfect symbolist to overcome struggles while creating a positive perception - and raising donations for Mental Health Foundation.

Like everyone, I had lots of plans and hopes for 2020. But we all found ourselves in this unusually hard situation that we couldn't of imagined. "Fear" suddenly became the main actor in our lives. Fear for our health, fear for our financial status, fear for the future... Fear for not being able to see our loved ones again. Besides the physical health issues the COVID-19 Pandemic has created, our mental health is also being threatened. Including the youngsters.

People already struggling with mental health issues, found themselves having to deal with this new stress of the lockdown. As a busines owner, I'm used to the mood rollercoaster, but while in the lockdown and the uncertainty for the future, it gets worse and hard to manage sometimes. This is the case for most of us at the moment.





You can read the blog on my website about the project and see more photographs from. You can also follow the project on my Instagram  and Facebook pages.

Non profit photography project - Project HOPE is about Dancers & Dance, Hope & Freedom. 





On Project HOPE, I started photographing only local dancers based in Wilmslow, avoiding unessential travel according to the previous guidelines. After the ease of the rules, I expanded the project outside of Wilmslow. Of course still keeping the social distance, acting with in the guidelines, not risking anyone, including my self and my family.

ALL the money from Project HOPE is going to the Mental Health Foundation.

Every donation will help. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.