Savannah College of Art and Design 

Melissa Spitz exhibition: 'You Have Nothing to Worry About'

 

Exhibit designed by:

Melissa Spitz, photographer, melissaspitzphotography@gmail.com

Exhibit curated by:

Ben Tollefson, Savannah College of Art & Design, btollefs@scad.edu

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Display period: 2018 (Instagram project - ongoing)

 

Impact Upon Exhibition Trend:

Unique among exhibitions about mental health for its focus upon one person’s life story, this exhibition lays bare the reality of one mother’s struggle with mental illness. This innovative exhibit stems from a social media effort of the same name by photographer Melissa Spitz. The Instagram work of Spitz has received national attention, and You Have Nothing to Worry About is among the earliest examples where the reality of mental illness has been put on display alongside a real person’s face and full name. Spitz was honored as Time Magazine’s Instagram Photographer of the Year in 2017. 

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