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.

I can be contacted at nymacc@gmail.com for comments.

 

Home Alone Part 3 Shadows

This is another photographic essay capturing the images around me and expressing the loneliness these images express during this period of COVID-19 pandemic.   It is a world of light and shadows.

Photography is my means of seeing and dealing with this world that seems to be comprised of light and shadows.  During this time of voluntary isolation from the virus, I find my self in a Yin and Yang situation, trying to balance my isolation in this constant conflict.

The morning begins with slivers of light creeping on to the walls from the world outside.  It is a world I seem to find myself separated from.   I have become increasing aware of this dance of light and shadows and I try to capture each of their movements.  The shadows appear to fracture the objects around me as the light becomes more intense. 

It has become an obsession of creative ways to photographically visualize the various shadows that have invaded my environment.   And, in doing so, I have become acutely aware of me.  Photography, therefore, has become my visual poetry of this penetrating darkness that seems to be the normality right now.

Car Jung said, “Everyone carries a shadow”

All images made with Sony A7II camera with morning window light.  I can be reached for questions or comments at nymacc@gmail.com