Posts Tagged ‘2021’
Waiting and Watching
In my lens-based composite, “Jailhouse Quartet,” which I created in 2019, the grid is part of the rusted steel strap lattice that makes up the walls of the outdoor Kelso Depot Jail in the Mojave Preserve (the jail was used from the mid-1940s to 1985 to detain inebriated folks). The two-cell jail sits next to…
Read MoreMonday “Masks of Boston” 2021 #12
Who do you wear a mask for? (Ed. Note: Each Monday, The Pandemic Lens publishes an image from Katherine Taylor’s “Masks of Boston” project. To date, Kathryn has photographed nearly 300 people from all walks of life. Visit Masks of Boston to read the profile of each person and learn who they wear a mask…
Read MoreOur Ticket Out, Hopefully
When I created this photo-based composite image, a pandemic of any sort was the last thing on my mind. The artwork was inspired by the tension between a marquee sign at a train station, “Your Ticket Out,” and a nearby iron fence. (The passerby was just conveniently walking on the other side.) Fast forward three…
Read MoreCovid Constrained Compositions 2: Bacilli
Have you ever wondered whether you are truly protected from infectious diseases ranging from the common cold to more deadly threats like rabies or bird flu? When you travel, are you protected from the many infections abroad? According to most histories, the Spanish Flu ended in 1920. This is wrong: it did not end, and…
Read MoreFriday Night @ the Cadillac, Fresh Version
So today I am sending myself and any listeners an optimistic expression of optimism as we’re poised to enter a post vaccine pandemic phase. Can spring be far away??? Copyright © 2021 Stanley Sagov Stanley SagovStanley Sagov leads an intense dual life as a physician (Family Practice Group, The Sagov Center for Family Medicine)…
Read MoreCovid Constrained Composition1: Stasis
I had intended my artwork series: “C3 Series – Covid Constrained Composition” to be a geological reflection of the Cornish Jurassic coast in England, referencing Durdle Door, a natural limestone arch. However, all I could think of was the enforced stasis we’re in and the inability to plan ahead due to the coronavirus pandemic. Restricted…
Read MoreLA Pandemic Life, 2
A year into the pandemic and I’m still documenting street life in the diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles. I’m interested in the mundane and the everyday as life goes on here. Copyright © 2021 Brooke McCreary Brooke McCrearyBrooke McCreary is an amateur photographer who captures pandemic life in Los…
Read MoreIsolation
Isolation is a free-motion quilted piece, framed in knitting and executed during this long hard pandemic winter. One part of a triptych, isolation is a study in how it feels to be isolated while surrounded by the unknowns of contracting a disease that might prove to be of little consequence, on the one hand, or…
Read MoreMonday “Masks of Boston” 2021 #11
Who do you wear a mask for? (Ed. Note: Each Monday, The Pandemic Lens publishes an image from Katherine Taylor’s “Masks of Boston” project. To date, Kathryn has photographed nearly 300 people from all walks of life. Visit Masks of Boston to read the profile of each person and learn who they wear a mask…
Read MorePandemic Traces
These drawings were made during this past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 to March 2021. I think of myself as a landscape painter—I’ve been painting land/seascapes for more than ten years. When the stay-at-home orders began, I knew I wouldn’t be getting into my studio often. I grabbed some simple supplies so…
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