Ian Kemp, after his wife Vera's death in 2010, discovered a new passion in photography during his travels alone in France and Scotland, which helped him cope with grief and solitude.
When Ian Kemp's wife Vera died in 2010, he fell into a couple of years of painful, solitary self-examination.Instead Mr Kemp found himself in a new world on his own.
"I was in Dijon, walking down the street and there was a woman in her 20s riding a bike, she's got the pannier in the front and she's got the bread stick, and I thought, 'Ooh, typically French'," he said.Mr Kemp, a secondary school English teacher and principal for more than 40 years, joined a camera club to improve his skills, and started exploring loss and solitude through his photographs.
"Painters work by themselves, and photographers … but when they share it, there's community growth and strength in that, and I think that's really important."Stacey , is a single mum to two teenage boys and is better known on social media as Solo in Bendigo. Free art galleries, local parks, gardens and bushland reserves are places Stacey also likes to highlight online.
"Spending time nurturing our values and interests in solitude can be a rewarding pursuit that can support our wellbeing and be a positive experience for many people," she said.Dr Burgess, the chief executive of the Australian Psychological Society, added that loneliness was increasingly being recognised around the world as a significant health and social issue.
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