Anna Pepper struggled with her mental health until she discovered a passion for taking pictures.
About six years ago Anna Pepper found herself in a crowded park on the brink of a panic attack.
"Photography just sparked this whole thing in my brain that if I worked hard and got the help I needed, and used my energy to be in nature and concentrate on something creative, I realised I probably could get better.Anna Pepper says photography "was a spark of realising I needed some help" "I went to work and struggled through pretending I was OK every day, and then I would just count down the hours until I could get home and just shut myself in my bedroom.
She also continued to go out daily to take pictures, bought a camera a few months later and set up an Instagram page to post her photos. "When I say it's changed my life - it really has. Just to be quiet, just to be alone with my camera and nature, it's like a form of medication.
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