Medicated for your Protection – Portraits of Mental Illness LIMITED ...

Linda no longer resides at Harbor View. She left a few weeks afterour photo shoot. I first became interested in taking her picture whenI heard her screaming and cursing out a staff member. Her rage wasferocious and frightening. I worried that she would become violent,but other staff workers quickly intervened and calmed her down. Iwent into our shoot a week later expecting her to be that same angrywoman I had overheard the previous weekend, but I was pleasantlysurprised. She was gracious, gentle, and very excited to have herpictures taken. She liked to pose, but I caught her off guard a fewtimes to get a natural expression.110