| This introspective portrait of Yohei Suzuki was created using " poker work ", a hand drawn pyrographic technique that burns the subject's likeness into the plywood, breaking the portrait down into a collection of individual burn marks.
Trost selects his subjects from people whose inner strength has given them resiliency in the face of mental health challenges.
He hopes that by highlighting people actively working through depression, his art will help to correct misconceptions about this debilitating illness.
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