I over did it two days ago - from my ME/CFS photo project
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#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #pwME #LongHauler #MillionsMissing
I miss winter by the sea - from my photo project about ME/CFS:
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#MECFS #pwME #MyalgicE #photography #MECFSart #MECFSphotography
September sunlight is back on the sofa - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: Colour photo of grey sofa partly lit by September afternoon sunlight with outline of long-leafed plant
#MECFS #pwME #Spoonies #LongHauler #MECFSart #MECFSPhotography
Sofa bound on a sunny day - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: Colour photo of white 40-something male sprawled and isolated in a sun spot on grey sofa, viewed via the hazy reflection on a large black TV screen
#MECFS #pwME #LongHauler #MECFSart #MECFSphotography
Timmy the lonely budgie - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: Colour photo of lonely toy budgie sitting on window plinth covered in dust against drab blue textured wallpaper wall
#MECFS #pwME #LongHauler #MECFSart #MECFSphotography
Too exhausted to play with Bella - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of exhausted white male sprawled on chair while shielding from the summer heat, looked on by adoring brown dog who wants to go for a walk
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #pwME
Delighted to include Patricia Fortlage - the documentary and fine art photographer - in my Substack post about people using their creativity to express their experience of ME/CFS;
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#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #PatriciaFortlage
Six summer-themed photographs about ME/CFS
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Links to a Substack post. I'm findable on Glass, Insta, Cara and Vero if you'd like to follow along. I'd like this very much! :)
#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #LongHauler #pwME #photography
Housebound, heat sensitive:
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ALT: colour photo of cooling white cotton sheet draped across patio door pane, through which you can make out a sunny summer garden
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #pwME #spoonies #LongHauler #summer #heatsensitivity
Evening bedroom self portrait - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of white 40-something male, alone on bed in evening fading light, looking fatigued, resigned and contemplative
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #LongCovid #LongHauler #pwME #spoonies
Sunny days - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of heat-sensitive white male adult laying on bed in shorts, with a warm summer breeze moving cotton sheets that are draped over window to keep the room cool
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #pwME #summer
Sofa portrait - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour self portrait photo of 40-something white male reclined on grey sofa, with fatigued yet quietly determined expression
#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #pwME
Sleeping tablet - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of open-palmed hand on top of a grey bedsheet, the hand containing a small dark blue sleeping tablet, upon which the author relies
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #LongCovid #pwME #LongHauler
Nature from the kitchen window - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo looking out from a cluttered & dirty kitchen window with a shrub & pale blue chicory plant back-lit in morning sun
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #LongCovid #LongHauler #spoonies
Hazy summer days - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of patterned door glass painted with a heat reflecting white wash, through which you can just about make out trees lit by summer sun
#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #pwME
The mighty mitochondria - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of raw egg on tin foil with lots of liquid filled capsules amongst the egg white, representing mitochondria in the cell
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #LongCovid #pwME #photography
Living vicariously - from my photo project ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of large stack of grey and blue blu ray discs
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #MyalgicEncphalomyelitis
#LongCovid #photography #stilllife
Always congested - from my photo project about ME/CFS
And 'Happy' ME Awareness Day 2024 everyone!
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ALT: colour photo of thick spit besides plug hole in dirty sink
#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MEawarenessday #MEAwareness2024 #MillionsMIssing
Endlessly behind on chores - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of pile of washing atop drawers, waiting to be put away
#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #pwME #MillionsMissing
Constantly shattered - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of crushed glass, back lit, with a human form
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #photography #MillionsMissing
Too knackered to get to my physio - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of naked male torso, the person intensely self-massing their forearm
#photography #selfportrait #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #pwME #MillionsMissing #MEAwareness2024
A little anxiety is entirely appropriate - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photograph of paper prescription bag with boxes of beta blockers, one tablet taken
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #betablockers #medication #tablets
People who are making art about ME/CFS:
andrewgiffordphotography.substack.com/p/people-mak...
Some really moving work here, v.grateful for their efforts. I'd love to discover others who I can include in another edition, even if just a single piece of work!
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #pwME
As if one - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of man sitting on sofa, the crease of the jumper aligning with the crease of the sofa, as if one.
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS
Lonely as a cloud - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of cloud-shaped paint pattern brushed on a blue textured wall paper wall
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #MyalgicEncphalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
#stilllife #photography #pwME #spoonies
Even in my dreams I'm ill - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of human hand reaching to an outline shadow of its body and past in dreamy soft light
#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #MECFS #photography
I tried writing about making a photography project whilst still really poorly, sharing here in case it's of interest;
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#MECFSart #MECFSphotography #photography
Sleep paraphernalia - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of pale green bag on bedside cabinet, full of nose strips and mouth tape paper, earplugs.
#MECFSphotography #MECFSart #pwME #spoonies #MECFS #sleep #disturbedsleep #sleepdeprived
Going nowhere - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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ALT: colour photo of bicycle wheel with flat tyre and dust on spokes from inactivity
#MECFSphotography #MECFSart #pwME #spoonies #MECFS #bicycle #cycling
Even my hands look unhealthy - from my photo project about ME/CFS
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#MECFS #MECFSart #MECFSphotography #myalgicencephalomyelitis
#chronicfatiguesyndrome #pwME #Spoonies #MillionsMissing