The Light and Shadows of Lockdown

There is a certain feeling of darkness coupled with loneliness during this period of COVID-19, but there is also a light spilling through this gloom.   This again is a photo essay compiled with images that express feelings of isolation.

If this period of self-isolation has taught me anything as a photographer, it is how the small things around me can be visible definitions, or glimpses into this isolation.  The invisible has become visible.  The light and shadows around me have helped give visual reality to these feelings of bleakness that my camera helps me record.

The light streaming through the windows is a dance between light and darkness.  As the light moves from surface to surface, shapes become defined.   These shapes are small parts of my existence.  My senses have become acute to the various items I see or maybe don’t see.  And, as I photograph these items that seem to hide in the shadows, it has strengthened my  ability to see and feel this light and shadows.  There is certain aesthetics in the shadows because they define the light and that which it falls upon.  The question of course arises, what more is hidden in the shadows?  It is therefore, this creative process that makes my isolation palatable.

The images for this blog were shot using a Sony Alpha7II camera…during morning hours when the light is coming through the windows from the east and at it’s strongest.  If you like this blog and want to reach me, I can be reached at nymacc@gmail.com 

Alone Part 2

This post is a continuation of the original Alone post of May 11th.   It is another day of isolation from the COVID-19 Virus in photographs. 

The day begins with the sunrise over the Rincon Mountains to the East ...the morning is cool and there is an abnormally quietness that surrounds my space.

The light coming through the dining room windows announces the beginning of another day as it creeps across the table.  The morning coffee awaits the first sip and the knowledge that I am alone within these walls.

It is another day of self imposed isolation and loneliness of photographing my feelings through the objects I find within these walls.  I am basically assembling a group of images to document the foreboding shadows that seem to encompass the surroundings.

While the walls that surround me and seemingly keep me safe from the outside world that contains a deadly virus, there is a sense of inner peace as you pickup your camera and begin another day of documenting these feelings visually.   You are not alone really; others are also trying to come to grips with the new reality, and the hope that it will end soon.

All images were shot within a week using a Sony A7II camera and natural light.

I can be reached for comments and questions at nymacc@gmail.com.