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LIFE IN LOCKDOWN
FIONA TURNBULL from Lacock Photography explains more about abstract photography. IMAGES: NEIL PALLISTER
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acock Photography, for lack of a less generic metaphor, has had one roller-coaster ride of a year. Like so many businesses everywhere, we closed our doors and re-opened only to close them, we distanced and sanitised and finally, the silver lining of it all: we went online. When launching our online
photography club, we really didn’t have any expectations, thinking at the very least it was a way to the pass the time. How wrong we were! Over the last year, Lacock Photography’s small digital community has come to mean so much to us and has been a surprise source of creative inspiration during what could’ve been the greyest of times.
"During a time where we were all legally locked in the house, the possibility of creating a new world through abstract photography struck a chord with our online members." 16
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One such inspiring moment occurred when Neil Pallister, a photography club member, gave a truly fantastic online presentation on abstract photography, using his very own abstract images from summer holidays of days gone by. For me, Neil’s beautifully artistic travel shots blended memories and daydreams of past and future trips away and epitomised that feeling of longing that most of us have experienced during this pandemic. Neil’s presentation also reminded us of the potential power of
