Photography during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Upper Barrakka Gardens
Valletta Malta
Named the Upper Barrakka and the Lower Barrakka, both gardens offer a stunning view of the Grand Harbour.
The Upper Barrakka garden, especially, is a must. Built on top of a demi-bastion, both locals and foreigners relish spending hours taking in the sights. A number of statues and monuments adorn the gardens, including one dedicated to Winston Churchill.
Food supplies are over, appetite is heavily questioned ...😷
May a lyric that is now history be a consolation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4flAZEgtjs
As this sightless 2020 started, it could have looked like this in some part of the world. The pandemic served as an inspiration for the purpose, so I designed and made this post-apocalyptic scenario as Corona concept. I wish everyone a better 2021.
As always, thank you so much for your visits, comments and faves!
Is the worst over - covid-wise? At least here, in the UK? Can we relax and sit back for a while? Not frantically booking future holidays in a kind of frenzy of self-rewarding, but breathing in and out deeply, thinking of what makes life worthwhile - here and everywhere else? Now, when our own lives are no longer threatened, can we begin to mourn the about 130 000 people who died in the UK from the pandemic?
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“If I were asked to define photography in a few words, I would say that it is a fossil of light and time.”
— Daido Moriyama
Historical image, shot in July 2020. The COVID pandemic is in full swing and has a devastating economic impact throughout Thailand. The picture shows the Patpong nightlife and night market area in Silom, Bangkok, at that time.
Bar employees await tourists. There aren't any tourists. No customers means zero income. There is no social safety net. These are terrible times. Stressful times for many.
According to Google, contribution of travel and tourism to GDP (% of GDP) for Thailand was 21.9% in 2019.
Patpong usually attracts large crowds, and has served as the backdrop to many movies (The Deer Hunter; Baraka; Miss Saigon) as well as books (such as Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins, and the creepy but excellent crime novel The Queen Of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan).
With the end of the pandemic, and tourists now returning to the country in large numbers, the economic desperation is easing. But many people remain deeply in debt throughout Thailand. It will probably take years to return to some kind of normal for many people.
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Elegant Terns
Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, Alameda, California
According to Cornell, Elegant Terns (that is indeed their name) are found on the Pacific Coast, but nest on only two islands in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico). I was fortunate to come upon a large flock of them visiting the San Francisco Bay. My first sighting of these very playful terns.
I don't think think I would have given this a second glance before the pandemic, time to appreciate things taken for granted, stay safe x
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I dropped some money and when I looked down this is what I saw. Well maybe I adjusted it a bit. I have to say I did get a smile out of it, that’s a good thing giving all that’s is going on these days.