Columnist Michael Ligtenberg is also a photographer, and has generously shared a new gallery with us at Bipolar Village. -Daniel

It was only about 15 months ago that I picked up the camera again. The reason…I wanted to provide my… Continue reading →

I was in the USAF when trouble began to brew for me. After being discharged from the USAF in ’95, I was having great difficulties maintaining a job. My life was a roller coaster and I almost lost the love… Continue reading →

Born to artistic parents it was no surprise that I was naturally drawn to creative expression. After gaining a 2:1 BA Hons in Fashion and then working for 6 years as a personal shopper, styling thousands of people, I quit a few years ago to concentrate on photography and art and write about things which fascinate me. I have nurtured a deep need for creative expression through photography, painting, drawing, collage and textile work. I love finding ‘hidden treasures’ to photograph and working out the best composition and angles to record the beauty I find in surrounding environments. Disliking obviously Photoshopped images, I prefer to keep my work true to life, only using software to crop photos. Continue reading →

Katherine Bader is the wife of Daniel Bader, the editor of this blog. She has the experience of living with a bipolar husband, and has written a piece about those experiences. In addition to doing photography, she is also an accomplished painter, with a master’s degree in fine art history from the University of Toronto. Continue reading →