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These Four Walls

As the UK went into Corona lockdown in March 2020, all shoots were cancelled, and the borders of life shrank to a few rooms and a daily walk. I decided to do something unusual for me, and make home my subject.

My brief: working in medium format, with a top-down viewfinder and in B&W, take one photo each day to capture something characteristic of the detail, tone or emotion of this new normality, and document these strange times as they passed in one flat in Brixton.

Unlike others, we hadn’t been ill and didn’t lose anyone, so our experience didn’t reflect the extremes many endured. But few aspects of life were untouched and from toilet paper shortages to Zooming Great Grandma, from washing soup cans to celebrating a birth, much of human life seemed present, just confined to the house.

The project was featured in the AOP’s online gallery. My Corona: a lockdown photo journal

AOP Feature on These Four Walls project

On these Four Walls

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Mental & physical exercise

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Midnight view

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Stay alert?!

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Stay alert?!

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We sympathise...

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Clapping for Carers Thursday, 8.01pm

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Thank you NHS

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We sympathise...

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Morning view

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The pigeon who lives in the wall

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Toilet roll shortage

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Ubiquitous Banana Bread

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Jess makes a plan

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The indoor office

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Jess filling time with arts and crafts

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The Outdoor Office

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Sunrise Shadows

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Work Clothes

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Jess plays her hand

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Owyn describes his son being born by Caesarian

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Owyn and Aideen bring their son home

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Washing vegetables

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'Meeting' Owyn and Aideen's son, at 3 days old.

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Jess concerned by the news

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Golden hour

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Washing the idea of corona virus off shopping

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By the light of the Pink Supermoon

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By the light of the Pink Supermoon

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The sun always shines...

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Jess goes for a bike ride

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Lunch Break

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Jess at work

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A lockdown Easter Egg Hunt

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Going to the football with Laurence and Will

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Making Hot Cross Buns, late.

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Jess working

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After Exercise

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After Exercise

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Family gathering with four generations

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Where the pigeon lives

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Sundown shadows

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Sundown shadows

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Jess at work