A Visual Diary of Isolation

December 26, 2021…As we move into another phase of the COVID Pandemic, I find myself semi isolated once again and photography presenting a challenge within limited spaces.

Photography is basically a lonely process between the mechanical camera and your eyes. This was very evident in the period of isolation during the pandemic.  It was very easy during this time of isolation to drift into negative thoughts.  The pandemic changed everything, you were forced to find refuge in your interior space.  Photography was a means of pulling me toward positive feelings; the outside became the inside. 

Isolation theoretically could be beneficial for the creative mind.  It provides one with an opportunity to slow down and really see those everyday things around you. Without the outside distractions you have a period to develop the skill of seeing shapes and the play of light upon these everyday shapes that you never really paid attention to before.  

The hardest part of this isolation was how to fulfill that desire to create within my limited space.   It was this type of visual challenge that made me create this visual diary of 5 days during which I focused my attention on the everyday things around me, by making 4 images of these everyday things I saw while making a visual record of this feeling of loneliness.

And so, welcome to my 5-day visual diary.

All images shot using a Sony A7II camera using natural window light.

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Photo Walk Part 3 or 5000 Steps

A photo walk is, typically something organized by a camera club, where an ad hoc gathering of photographers does a walking tour of a planned route.  However, there is no reason why one cannot choose a place and do a photo walk on your own. This post is one man, one camera, 5000 steps and what I recorded while walking through a colorful neighborhood here in Tucson.

When I walk down a street...a certain synergy takes hold.  A peeling wall, tiled steps, a blue painted adobe house and artwork on walls excite my eyes.  There is a picture of a yellow car in front of a yellow house, which makes you wonder what came first the yellow car or the yellow house.  This is a simple exercise of 5000 steps and enjoying the shapes and colors you encounter on the way.  There is art all around you...you sometimes just have to stop and see it.  You have to walk with your eyes.

The images taken on this Photo Walk were made around the area of Elm Street just off Campbell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona