Wednesday 11 March 2020

The last photos I took before the lockdown

I was running a dance photography workshop in PTL and we were photographing Jerca's new performance 2GETHER/AL(L)ONE, which was supposed to have it's opening night two days later.


As I was running the workshop, I was not overly focused on taking photos, as my role on the night was more of a supportive nature, looking after and helping my students, and trying to keep them as silent and invisible as possible, so they would not disturb the public dress rehearsal too much (some of the public can be seen on this photo, as they were invited to participate in the performance), but I did take a few photos (and here are two of them).
And now we are in lockdown. No more performances, no concerts, no exhibitions to go to, no coffee meetings, no gatherings of any kind... we are suddenly left to our own imagination and memories and hopefully once the lockdown has been lifted, there will be so many new things to see, listen to and follow that I will not be able to photograph them all... But until then, stay safe and stay sane.

Tuesday 10 March 2020

Got a text in the morning

asking me if I could come to photograph a dance rehearsal before they set off to Berlin (which of course they then didn't as the world changed very quickly at this time - but I did come and take a few photos at the rehearsals).

In the evening I had the first day of the three day dance photography workshop and as one of the students did not bring her camera I lent her mine, and I only took a few photos with my small camera that I sometimes take with me just in case...

...and after the workshop we went next door to the bar for a drink and they had a concert there so I took a few photos, because it would be daft not to.