OCD Digital Photographs

After taking black and white images of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder symptoms, I decided to take some digital photographs of some of the symptoms

• Washers are afraid of contamination. They usually have cleaning or hand-washing compulsions.

Here are some examples of someone washing their hands repeatedly to ensure that their hands are clean. The camera that I used was a digital SLR where I focus into the hand really close so that main focal point was really in focus and really shone out from the rest of the image. You can also see a lot of definition that is shown through the bubbles of the washing up liquid/ soap, also the definition of the hands is very precise and very much the centre of attention. This draws you into the selection of images.      

• Counters and arrangers are obsessed with order and symmetry. They may have superstitions about certain numbers, colours, or arrangements.

Here is an selection of images that are of nail polishes, in similar colours and hight order. I like this arrangement because it clearly depicts the selections of colours from quite natural colours to the bold colours. i like the lighting that has been used as it you can clearly see what is happening the background of colours and how neatly the bottles have been arranged.  As more bottles are added you can see the back bottles become more out of focus and the bottles in front become the main focal point. 

• Checkers repeatedly check things (oven turned off, door locked, etc.) that they associate with harm or danger.

Here are two images of someone turning on and off a light switch. People do this to ensure that they are secure that the light is definitely off. I have captured these images by zooming fully into the hand on the light switch, fully in focus. I turned the flash on for this so that you would get more of a contrast between all of the wall and the hand.  

HERE ARE SOME MORE DIGITAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER PHOTOGRAPHS.

UNLOCKING/LOCKING

ARRANGMENT

HOARDING