Best Days Of Your Life

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week in May, London-based photographer, campaigner and mother of 4 teenage daughters, Jude Wacks will be raising awareness of the growth in youth self-harm through a photographic exhibition taking place in London and delivering a public talk on May 13 with her daughter.

Best Days Of Your Life explores a group of 18 to 20 year-olds who have all self-harmed throughout their secondary school careers

Since October 2017, Londoner and mother of four teenage daughters, Jude Wacks has been exploring the theme of youth self-harm in a powerful set of photographs, which helps to expose the issue, the children who try to cover up their actions and what the consequences are for both society and the individuals concerned of ignoring this invisible illness.

With Mental Health Awareness Week taking place from May 13 to May 19, Wacks will be exhibiting her work in association with mental health charity Jami, at the Head Room Café in Golders Green, north west London. Wacks along with her daughter will also be leading an open discussion at Head Room Cafe on May 13 on how self-harm has impacted her own family.