Just Another Sunday at the Grocery Store

Here we are in March 2022, just another Sunday at the grocery store during the pandemic. The masks will (hopefully) come off before too long, but memories of our cloaked social interactions will take time to fade, if ever.     Copyright © 2022 Steven Bennett Steve BennettSteve Bennett is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based visual artist.…

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A Turkish Hospital: Pandemic Photos

When the pandemic struck, I had the chance to photograph the treatment processes of COVID-19 patients who came to the hospital where I work in Turkey. Since I’m a serious photographer, the pandemic presented a rare opportunity to combine my professional interests with my passion for photographic arts.  In this series, I captured some of…

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Through the Looking Glass

For me, the view through glass block symbolizes the way my sense of the world has become distorted by these past two years of living through a pandemic. So much of what I thought about the world and my relation to it has been blurred, even distorted. Everything has changed, from getting together with people…

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Evening Out 2021

I was inspired to paint “Evening Out 2021” after finally going out to dinner for the first time in nearly two years. The date was December 16, 2021, and the place was  Casa Loma Toronto—one of my favorites. I’m looking forward to the day when scenes like the one in my painting will become something for…

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