PHOTOGRAPHY

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 take shelter in the doorways of empty shops, and protecting my camera from the rain, capture images of empty streets. The sound of the rain provides a backdrop to a confusion of thoughts. I feel a little lost - when will I visit the woods again, or the ocean? When will I be able to visit the grave of my mother and step-father, both of whom died in 2020 in a faraway place that was out of bounds to me?

Returning home, photographically dissatisfied, I prowl my house. Following the light, I find my way to a cluttered windowsill. it seems a just metaphor.

The creative act that is photography claims my full interest, calming me.

When I edit the layers for the final photograph I colour them blue.

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