Quarantine Portraits (An Isolated Collaboration of Friends and Objects)
During the strange quarantined spring of 2020, I endeavored to make a series of portraits, asking friends and work colleagues to select an object that had gained significance to them during their quarantine, and one that they would be interested in presenting to me and my camera. I committed to photographing from an appropriate social distance, and only within the ‘public’ exterior spaces where they live - their front yards, front steps, driveways, sidewalks, etc - acceptable locations I might be able to visually access as a visitor. During each visit I made two different portraits: first of the entire family, second of individuals. Only upon arrival would I learn of their selected objects, thus our conversation included a back and forth of inquiries, discoveries, and details. As a follow up, I asked for two things: text on the what and why of their selected objects, and a photograph of their object in its natural environment, typically inside their homes.
This web version of the project presents the portraits and the text:
Part 2 : Quarantine Object Portraits + Stories (in three sections, click link)
Part 1 : Quarantine Family Portraits (below, click to enlarge)
I documented the project as a book. You can order it here:
https://www.blurb.com/b/10481101-quarantine-portraits
The spreads include the subject’s photos, and look like this:
