As a photographer locked in one’s room with no one or nothing to photograph staying creative and sane was a bit of a challenge. I can’t say lockdown was an easy change in my life. I’m by my nature a person who needs social contact regularly, but with a complete cut-off except for my housemates who were also spending more time together left me with a big gap. I felt oddly more isolated than I felt i should.
Like many I began to turn the camera inward in an attempt to capture portraits that reflected the way i felt inside. I scoured Pinterest for inspiration and experimented with long exposures, multiple exposures, timers, framing. It’s really quite difficult to take self portraits that feel honest and not too contrived. Not sure if I really succeeded, but I think as we grow and practice anything we learn to develop it better. Perhaps in 10 years I’ll look back on these with disgust. Or maybe it’ll foster new inspiration and a sense of nostalgia.
