A woman living with epilepsy has been chosen to front a national awareness campaign with her picture diary.

Imogen Cauthery has compiled the record of her experiences with epilepsy to help raise awareness as part of Purple Day, a global epilepsy awareness campaign.

The 27-year-old, of Crouch End, collaborated with UK-based charity Epilepsy Action to document her experiences over the past year using a 'photographic journey' to guide the viewer through the impact of epilepsy on the sufferer's daily life.

Ms Cauthery said: “Epilepsy impacts on my happiness and is related to everything. It makes life quite a chore, you have to be really careful.

“It is appalling how misunderstood epilepsy is. I don’t always need an ambulance for example, people see me having a seizure and call one. wasting precious time.

“I’ve had many types of seizures including partial ones and people think ‘that’s not epilepsy’ and I’m saying ‘Yes, it is!’”

Purple Day was created in 2008 by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan, a Canadian girl living with epilepsy who came up with the idea as a way to dispel the myths surrounding the condition and raise awareness positively.

Epilepsy Action chief executive Phillip Lee said: "Sharing personal stories and powerful images across a range of media helps us to challenge common misconceptions about epilepsy.

“We really hope this campaign inspires other people to share and talk about their epilepsy, their challenges and celebrations, in an authentic and empowering way.”