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Photographyhasavitalroletoplayinthe
debatesurroundingthecurrentpandemic
and on how we live in the future
View point
Alex Hare
Doyouhavesomethingyou’dliketogetoffyourchest?Sendusyourthoughtsinaround
500 wordstotheaddressonpage 21 andwina year’sdigitalsubscriptiontoAP,worth£79.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED
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AlexHareisa prophotographerwhoalsoleadscreative
workshopsthatgobeyondsimplyfindinglocationsand
viewpoints. See moreatalexharephotography.com
A
sunwelcomeasCovid-19is,
thepositiveopportunityit
presentsuswithis uniqueand
somethingthephotographic
communitymustbeinvolvedwith.
It is inconceivablehowanythingelse
couldmakethe(human)worldstopso
abruptlyat preciselythesametime
andaffordusallanopportunityto
rethinktogetherhowwewanttodo
thingsin thefuture.
Asphotographers,thepictureswe
makehaveneverbeensorelevantor
importanttothedebateonthepathwe
mightfollowfromhereon.
Whetheryouareintostreet,landscape,
portraitureordocumentarythereis a
roletoplay.Thephotosthatwemakeare
ourwayof communicatinghowwefeel
aboutwhatis happeningandwhatwe
wanttosayaboutit.
If thedefinitionof insanityis doingthe
samethingoverandoverwhilsthoping
fora differentoutcome,canwereally
carryonaswedidbeforeandhope for a
differentora betterfuture?
Makingsenseofthecrisis
Inthissensetheroleof theartsis goingto
bekeyforhowwemakesenseof this
crisisandtheworldthatwillemergefrom
it. Ourtaskasphotographersis to
contributetothisdebatewithourimages.
Soplease;useyourskillsandremain
engagedwithdoingwhatyouloveduring
thisverydifficulttimebecauseit matters
nowasmuchasit everhasin thepast.
Documentingourlives,howweare
forcedtodothingsnowandhowwefeel
aboutourisolationfromoneanother
andthespacesweusuallyenjoywillbe
animportanttestimonytowhatwe’re
livingthrough.
Ourstreetslieemptyandourpublic
spaces,frompubstolibrariestoparks,are
closedandwearelivingmostlyinside,
schoolingourchildrenandhavingtokeep
2 metresapartduringourbriefforays
outside.Withinthisnewwayof lifeliethe
storiestobetoldbythestreetandsocial
documentary photographers amongst us.
Meanwhile,themotorwaysareempty
andthevapourtrailsmissingovereven
thebusiestflightpaths,makingtheairwe
breathecleanerthanbefore.Naturehas
alreadyreturnedtoplacesthatwere,
otherwise,toopollutedtosupportit.
Rethinkingourapproachtoplanet
Earthanditsfinitesizeandresourceswill
alsobepartof thevisualmessagethat
weofferourviewers,fromfriendsand
familytopoliticians.
Wewillneedthesestoriesandideasto
beexploredsothattheyare‘onthetable’
whenthetimecomestoreflectonwhat
hashappened.Theywillhelpusthink
abouthowwecanmakepositivemovesto
continuethistrendtowardsa better
environmentoncewerestartourlives
oncemore.
Withourimagesaskingthequestions
andtellingthestoryof whatis happening,
let’shopethatthenewnormalis a better
onethanwehadbeforeCovid-19,and
that we all played our part in creating it.
Apre-pandemicMarseille,showingnature
alongsidea congestedurbanlandscape.Now
thisimageaskswhenwillwebefreetodothis
andwillweleadourlivesin thesameway?
‘Howwefeelaboutour
isolationwillbean
important testimony’
© ALEX HARE
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