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Portraits of Expectations: Coping Beauty

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In the photobook “Portraits of Expectations: Coping Beauty,” Pat Green explores the contrast and beauty of people when they’re using coping skills as opposed to living under the pressures of societal expectations and stigma. Green photographed seven models with various mental health conditions or neurodivergence and compared traditional directed portraits to free-form environmental portraits of them embracing the things that give them peace. He added emphasis with his own stories of struggle and peace. The author’s purpose is to illustrate that societal expectations of people with neurodivergence or mental health struggles is homogeneity. True beauty lies in the diversity of experience and these societal expectations driven by stigma harm those who struggle. The author writes in an intimate and informal tone for those who are neurodivergent or have mental health conditions.
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Pat Green
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Pat Green wears many hats. At his core, he is a street photographer and activist. Pat is also a freelance photojournalist and columnist in good standing with the National Writers Union, the International Federation of Journalists, and the National Press Photographers Association. He is also an artist in the Chicago area with works having appeared in several galleries and art shows in the Chicago Area. Pat's artistic work is in private collections across the US, Canada, the UK, France and Ireland. Pat's previous artistic affiliations have included The Lockport Artist Guild, ArtBar, and served as an Ambassador to the international RAW Underground Artist Community. In 2015 Pat's first novel, "Night Moves: An Ex Preachers Journey to Hell in a Taxi" released with critical and reader acclaim. When not doing all of that, Pat is hanging with his adult child, reading a comic book, or watching Film Noir movies. Pat lives in a small condo near the Chicago Loop with his Jack Russel, BJ.

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