To say one is feeling blue is a common way of expressing sadness.
The project also shows how this mental illness is pervasive at any age.
As its title suggests, the photographs are united by a strikingly blue color palette.
This makes it feel like the entire world that these figures occupy is steeped in melancholy.
I started to notice a sadness creep in a few years into my 40s.
I searched depression in women' and stumbled across articles stating women are the most depressed at age 44.
I was at that very moment 44.
Loss during this time in a womans life can weigh heavily, Smith continues.
Chapel Hill-based artist Heather Evans Smith explores her experiences with depression in her photo series, Blue.
I was at that very moment 44.
