More Corona Moments: Weekly Recap
By Steve Bennett | August 23, 2020
The last week has been pretty much the same non-normal=new normal equation, at least in my neck of the woods (Cambridge and Boston MA). I’m still finding the relatively empty streets, the outdoor dining extensions of restaurants, and of course, the masked people, to be quite surreal. My hope is that this situation doesn’t drag on long enough for the aforementioned to become business as usual. I do believe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but it will be a long and arduous road to get there. In the meantime, I think it’s important to document the times so that in “The After” we can reflect on how fortunate some of us are. Here’s another batch of “Corona Moments”—chance encounters on the street with passersby. Some led to interesting conversations, others just lead to candid captures—click and move on.
Intersection of Mass Ave and Somerville Ave, Porter Square
North Cambridge, MA. Rock on! A music and vampire aficionado sports a favorite mask.
North Cambridge, fellow photographer.
Boston, financial district. Masked pedestrian whisks by masked model in PSA flyer
Porter Square, Cambridge, just waiting for the bus, #1
Davis Square, Somerville, just waiting for the bus, #2
Copyright © 2020 Steven Bennett
Steve Bennett is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based visual artist. He began taking photographs more than 40 years ago, in the age of film, and transitioned to digital photography in the late 90s. Today, in addition to taking and making traditional street, macro, and landscape photographs, he creates photo-based abstract composites designed to take viewers on fanciful flights of the imagination through virtual realms. His work has been displayed in numerous juried exhibitions, and at Google’s Kendall Square, Cambridge offices as well as various technology, biotech, and financial service companies in the Boston area.