PhotoClub - Isolation Diaries
ISOLATION DIARIES – RESPONSE TO LOCKDOWN
The highs and lows of living in lockdown are being shared online in hundreds of highly personal Isolation Diaries created by Tyneside families. They are one of more than a dozen new Digital Voice projects (seen here - Digital Voice: Covid-19 Response) to help individuals and families cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Experience isolation through the eyes of PhotoClub members by scrolling below (more info on PhotoClub is available here ) Organiser Robin Cowings, PhotoClub’s resident photographer, explains the background in this special DV Blog.
This is a project about adapting to the current Covid 19 crisis and the limitations that have been imposed on us. A project about our fears and concerns. About how we are coping and adapting. How we are getting food. How we are interacting.
Families are using their phones and devices to take the pictures and edit them, texting or emailing them to us to curate and exhibit online.
PhotoClub’s Isolation Diaries
Afiah’s Isolation Diary
Alex’s Isolation Diary
Azhad’s Isolation Diary
Brandon’s Isolation Diary
Ellen’s Isolation Diary
Emily’s Isolation Diary
Eva’s Isolation Diary
Emily and Eva’s Family Isolation Diary
Jack’s Isolation Diary
Max’s Isolation Diary
“ Participation in creative activity has a crucial role to play in maintaining wellbeing and helping us make sense of the world around us. I am delighted that Digital Voice has managed find a way to support the participants in PhotoClub through the lockdown. These photographs are a wonderful reflection of the talent of the young people who have taken them and a striking record of a unique time in our history ”
Councillor Ged Ball,
Cabinet Member for Economy & Culture,
PhotoClub is an inclusive group of children, young people and their families based at the City Library. They meet regularly to create pieces using iPads, exploring a number of techniques and developing lots of different skills. PhotoClub is a Newcastle City Council Arts Connect initiative facilitated by Digital Voice for Communities with photographer Robin Cowings.
If you are interested in joining the group and for more info, get in touch!
Interested in working with us? We’d love to hear from you!
