Date: March - October 2020

My Roles: Photographer, Retoucher

Artist Statement:

The COVID-19 pandemic has made me question my identity: my priorities, relationships, political associations, involvement in communities, and reliance on those around me.

I feel parts of myself have been metaphorically unmasked during this time when protective masks are required to go outside. To explore this further, this project seeks to capture a single masked portrait of many individuals and explore the interplay between the hiding/showing of identity and the feeling of protection/vulnerability.

Further documentary photographs of the physical public space in Berlin during the pandemic lockdown attempts to shed light on the way that the world has come to a halt during this time.