In a series of symbolic self-portraits, Neskhodimov’s winning project Prozac captures the photographer’s troubled state of mind after he moved to Moscow in 2005. They show him trapped in his home with his parents on New Year’s Day, hidden under a Christmas tree, and travelling out-of-season in a bid to escape his depression (and save money), only to find himself alone at a sad hotel.

Russian photographer Arseniy Neskhodimov has won the Wellcome Photo Prize 2020 with a project on his battle with depression. In a series of symbolic self-portraits, Neskhodimov’s winning project Prozac captures the photographer’s troubled state of mind after he moved to Moscow in 2005. They show him trapped in his home with his parents on New Year’s Day, hidden under a Christmas tree, and travelling out-of-season in a bid to escape his depression (and save money), only to find himself alone at a sad hotel. Neskhodimov received a £15,000 prize as the overall winner, as well as £1,250 for winning the mental health category.

>"Prozac is a series of symbolic self-portraits on the photographer’s battle with depression"

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What characterises many of these artists is that their upbringing has largely been shaped by narratives that have preceded their birth,” co-curator Maya Hristova writes. “What unites them all, is their deep personal connection to the events they are attempting to deconstruct and their imaginative investment in their respective fields of research.” Yet, “the diversity encountered in their standpoints as citizens and artists speaks clearly about the absence of a uniform Eastern European identity

>"Prozac is a series of symbolic self-portraits on the photographer’s battle with depression"

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