2020Vision : Connecting with the contemporary

Mick Yates ARPS Coronavirus UK The project combines a photograph taken daily during the Covid-19 crisis - either at home from the studio or during some personal exercise locally - with a news headline from that same morning. There is discordancy and often paradox between the headline and the photograph.

Throughout lockdown, nature was always there, oblivious to our human, existential issues. Yet every day, nature was different, hour by hour.

The light and the weather tell part of the story, as the daily photography reflected the routine of months of home-lockdown.

There are 120 photographs, starting on March 16th when social distancing was imposed with the last from July 13th as the UK started opening up again.

At the beginning of the pandemic, headlines had similarity. But, as time passed, partisan politics arose, particularly after the Dominic Cummings episode which affected public trust.

On some occasions, I took photographs with a morning headline in mind. On others, I let my daily walk drive the photograph, a flâneur on the local byways. The intent was never to be predictable.