Covid taught me how to walk. Before that, I rode a bike everywhere and my hip flexors tightened into the kind of rubber bands you associate with orthodontia. During covid, something happened to my eyesight which turned out to be this. I stopped riding my bike because my depth perception was crap and I started walking. Soon my hip flexors sorted themselves out and the unthinkable happened. I fell in love with walking!
Second piece of contextual info: before UArts imploded, I was an adjunct professor of "Interdisciplinary Fine Art" (they had folded their renowned and fantastic Crafts Program in 2019, apparently the first of a series of giant heartbreaks associated with UArts, where I was employed for 30 years). I was teaching a class called "Projects" and because it was a core class in Fine Arts, this included Photography students. I had the great honor of co-teaching with such great artists and educators as Anne Massoni, David Graham, Shawn Theodore and Juliana Foster.
And anything I thought I knew about photography was eradicated during this time! I felt a little out of my depths teaching photo students, but it is one of my fondest memories--looking at their works in Lightroom and considering what it means to make a decent photo.
All of this to say, I have NO CLUE what I am doing as a photographer and I make no real artistic claims here. Its just a "hobby" for me. Here is a curated set of my favorite pics I have taken on my "covid walks" (and other things I have encountered doing goodness knows what). They are things that caught my eye and seemed worthy of making a photo of.
There are two other "photo essays" (i.e. pics that must be seen as a series because they don't really stand alone. Ladies of the Pandemic and Philly Bouquets
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Smoking Kills
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Nicotine Fiend
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November 1
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| River |
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Fake De Saedeleer Painting
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Urban Jellyfish
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Ridiculously Elegant Leaves
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Jan 2
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The Saddest Little Garden Ever
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| Arrangement in Grey and Green No. 1 |
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Yorick Faculty Meeting
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Bathtub Swirl
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Covid Emergency
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Charlie Brown
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Philly Bouquet
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Better Living Through Anthropomorphism
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Magritte Facade
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Last Man
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Cat Lady
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Snowy
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Dead Baby Squirrel
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Our Valued Passengers
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Face Plant
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Hospital Driveway
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Hail Satin
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