Lockdown - Hinckley, 2020
This body of work is a direct reaction to my own personal feelings surrounding the lockdown and the outbreak of the Coronavirus in my hometown in the UK.
I’ve created a series of photographs that show the rarely deserted streets of Hinckley and Burbage and designed a slideshow and soundscape to fit.
This collection has been designed to echo my feelings of sadness, isolation and despair at the current Coronavirus outbreak and what it has done to our world, yet with a shimmer of hope through humanity and the way our community is coming together.
This has been created as part of the Hinckley Photographed project that I started in 2012 for the sake of creating artwork in the face of what I believe is the biggest thing I’ll ever face and while trying to protect my family.
I must add that I’m gutted for where we are as the human race.
Is this what changes us?
Is our new world about to emerge from the ashes?
I hope we can create a new life different to the last.