![How photographer Melissa Spitz uses Instagram to document and better understand her mentally ill mother. How photographer Melissa Spitz uses Instagram to document and better understand her mentally ill mother.](https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/original_image/public/embed/2018/02/SPITZ_embed1_FirstShoot_With_Mom.jpg?itok=ZkP5Ijre)
How photographer Melissa Spitz uses Instagram to document and better understand her mentally ill mother.
![You Have Nothing To Worry About" Photo Series By Melissa Spitz Documents How Mental Illness Can Affect A Mother-Daughter Relationship You Have Nothing To Worry About" Photo Series By Melissa Spitz Documents How Mental Illness Can Affect A Mother-Daughter Relationship](https://imgix.bustle.com/rehost/2016/9/26/a4fb079e-e53e-4236-bcf2-550e6b5ed1c3.jpg?w=1200&h=630&q=70&fit=crop&crop=faces&fm=jpg)
You Have Nothing To Worry About" Photo Series By Melissa Spitz Documents How Mental Illness Can Affect A Mother-Daughter Relationship
![How photographer Melissa Spitz uses Instagram to document and better understand her mentally ill mother. How photographer Melissa Spitz uses Instagram to document and better understand her mentally ill mother.](https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/story_main/public/story/images/SPITZ_MAINIMAGE_scream.jpg?itok=nSDRpriV)
How photographer Melissa Spitz uses Instagram to document and better understand her mentally ill mother.
![alexandraaa_cg on Twitter: "I️ spoke to Melissa Spitz about her powerful work documenting her mother with #mentalillness - well deserved win for @time IG photographer of the year ! > https://t.co/IMdAjD3yxF #womeninphoto… alexandraaa_cg on Twitter: "I️ spoke to Melissa Spitz about her powerful work documenting her mother with #mentalillness - well deserved win for @time IG photographer of the year ! > https://t.co/IMdAjD3yxF #womeninphoto…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRhLadDWsAAnvor.jpg:large)