This article is published as part of our #CultureIsNotCancelled campaign:
For photographers, used to training their lenses on people and places the world over, isolation proves a particular challenge. As part of #CultureIsNotCancelled – a campaign on AnOthermag.com championing culture in the age of social distancing – we have invited photographers to send us an image each week for a project titled The Self-Isolation Photographic Diaries, making up a unique and intimate portrait of life under lockdown.
Alexandra Leese (lead image)
“I MISS YOU IRL.”
Brianna Capozzi
Dougie Irvine
Lorena Lohr
“A mural of an old-world card game, from a casino in a small Nevada desert town. As I was making this photo, the dealer of a game of blackjack exclaimed, ‘Take it while it lasts!’ – this painted wall will inevitably be covered up or destroyed. It’s been a strange time wondering what will become of all kinds of places after this blows over.”
Eddie Whelan
“See the craters in the moon? I look for them everyday. I think about how great it would be to have a giant backyard with a pool, and to be surrounded by friends. But if I could manifest something it would be a cure, free and fair distribution, rewards to those who have sacrificed, and for the camaraderie that emerged during our isolation not be quickly forgotten.”
Laura Coulson
“Steffi is one of my favourite people. We met on a shoot two years ago and life hasn’t been the same since.”
Paul Phung
“My work is heavily inspired by movement and usually photographing dancers but with the idea of making sculptural images out of them with the use of light and shadow. For this week’s photo I tried to bring part of this aspect by photographing everyday objects found around most households.”
Kuba Ryniewicz
“Isolation week three: I am quite privileged in this situation because I have a garden and live outside the city. This week I got reunited with my husband after two weeks of self-isolation at my friend’s house in the neighbourhood. She’s got chickens and the best thing about them is not only having fresh eggs every morning but also looking and studying their peaceful life roaming around the garden.”
