Locked Down Coronavirus Window Portrait Project
The sub-project that has had me cycling all around Hinckley, Burbage and Earl Shilton is coming towards a closing point and the production of a Lockdown book begins now.
There are 36 stories accompanied with a portrait of the people on the other side of the glass and each story tells us how the families involved have survived and what they thought about the lockdown. The production of a book is about to commence in order to organise and contain these time capsules to secure them for our future generations to look back and discover more precisely about this monumental moment in history.
My intentions for the book are to show a sweeping snapshot of our experiences with urban landscapes of how the virus impacted our social cohesion along with the portraits and stories of the local residents that have taken part in this project.
I have no idea how long the production of this book will take, I’m organising the content now and then we move in to the prototype stage for editing.
I’ve been asked by some of the participants to produce some products with your photographs, like jigsaw puzzles, mugs, keyrings and prints etc.
So I’ve sourced a good local supplier and can now offer a small range of memorabilia and organised a point of sale on my website.
Whilst there was never any intention to earn any money from this project, I did lose all of my work that was booked in and I fell through the cracks of financial support from the Government, meaning, I’m not earning a single penny during lockdown and have no idea when I can start earning again. So I hope you don’t mind me offering these ideas?
Using your portrait photograph, you can now order the following memorabilia products:
If you have any questions about these products, then please get in touch with me asap