Sun corona drawing5/11/2023 ![]() Looking at it now, it feels like an anchor." (Mayra Schäfer) “El Cadejo” Mayra Fernandez, 67, Bad Reichenhall, Germany. It was my way of "traveling" to Guatemala while being unable to do so. It is my interpretation of a scary, yet protective figure of the Guatemalan folklore (El Cadejo is a black dog with burning eyes that takes care of drunkards who have fallen asleep lying on the street). The fact that I cannot get there now nor I know when I'll be able to has ignited in me a kind of homesickness I did not know before. I have lived most of my life away from my home country, visiting once a year. I could only watch the news or read newspapers online, as if waiting for it all to be gone from one day to the other. But then the frontiers of the country, like that of many others around the world, were closed down. I was planning to travel to my home country, Guatemala, at the end of March. It makes me feel vulnerable and powerless. "El Cadejo" by Mayra Schäfer, 67, Bad Reichenhall, Germany: "Being in lock down because of the coronavirus is an experience unlike anything I've lived through before. It is something of a magical place - I go there every day to run, walk or take photos and look at the nature changing constantly.” I shot Sligo Creek just down the hill from my house. With social distancing, I found a sense of peace and satisfaction in shooting long-exposure landscape. ![]() “I used my old large-format camera, purchased many years ago in Thailand. 8-by-10-inch tintype, wet plate collodion I go there every day to run, walk or take photos and look at the nature changing constantly." “Creek” Landry Dunand, 39, Takoma Park, Md. It inspired the setting of the book “Bridge to Terabithia.” It is something of a magical place. Sligo Creek is just down the hill from my house. But with social distancing, I started shooting Landscape, which I never did before, but I found a sense of peace and satisfaction in shooting long exposure Landscape, taking an hour of setup, preparation, pouring plates, developing for each photograph. ![]() ![]() Before the pandemic, I decided to revive it to shoot portraits. "Creek" by Landry Dunand, 39, Takoma Park, Md.: "I used my old large-format camera, purchased many years ago in Thailand. I wanted to communicate with passersby that we can take care of each other by keeping our distance right now, but still sit, admire the view and chat, even.” “I used to make furniture and was thinking about how we now have to keep our distance, even to socialize - what if you had a bench that made you sit six feet apart? I put it at the end of my driveway. Dyed black fir wood, tape measure, cinder blocks I put it at the end of my drive way by the sidewalk where a lot of walkers and dogs pass everyday- I wanted to communicate with passersby that we can take care of each other by keeping our distance right now, but still sit, admire the view, chat even and keep 6" apart." “Distancing Bench” Kimberly A. It also will allow you to sit closer once this has passed. "I used to make furniture and was thinking about how we now have to keep our distance, even to socialize - what if you had a bench that made you sit 6' apart? I had some old beams in my yard, broken tape measure and the cinder blocks- didn't even need to leave home to build it! It is: 18"h x 108"L x 13"deep.
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