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Lockdown - Postcards from Pembrokeshire

Over the past 12 months, in common with people throughout the world, the people of Wales have spent extended periods of time in Covid Lockdown. For many, travel, by anything other than on foot, has been restricted. The images I post here have been taken by me over the past few months, they represent glimpses of thoughts, feelings and brief experiences of my personal journey through Lockdown.

Lockdown - Postcards from Pembrokeshire

I have taken to carrying a small compact camera on my daily exercise walks. The focal length of the lens on this camera, 28mm, is one I do not ordinarily use - so, I am often surprised by the wide vistas and altered perspective I see through the camera’s viewfinder. This aspect of Lockdown, the effect it is having on the photographs I take, feels beneficial because I am thrown into unfamiliar photographic territory. If we add into the mix feelings I have of being restricted by being unable to travel for photography purposes, we have a strange alchemy. One of being bound and yet of growing all at the same time. The landscapes I am taking I was at first disappointed in. It is only by adding layers of images such as townscapes, and parks, sometimes people, that I feel a psychological dimension has been added, and I feel more satisfied. More satisfied, but still striving.

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