Article: "The Secret Dual Lives of People Living with Mental Illness"

David Rosenberg, "The Secret Dual Lives of People Living with Mental Illness," Slate 10/28/2014.

David Rosenberg covers photographer Liz Obert's series "Dualities," in which she documents the "dual lives" of those with depression and bipolar disorder.  As a sufferer from bipolar II disorder herself, Obert feels that it's important to expose these dualities, which she says many people with mental illness must use to "mask their symptoms so they can function in the outside world."  The result of Obert's efforts is a series of striking portraits of people with mental illness as they show both what their internal world of struggle is, and how they want the world to see them as they try to hide their struggles.