Photographer Olivia Harris shares her nostalgic photos of summer 2020
, Harris reflects on this uncanny silence; on the brief inhale before the devastating exhale. The project contains photographs from in and around her local neighbourhood of east London, all taken between April and July 2020. With Covid-19 still a sinister and unknowable mystery, the streets were, she remembers, “deserted and silent”.
Looking back on the images now, the photographer admits to feeling nostalgic – and not just for the weather. The bizarre unravelling of the pandemic, which left much of the world reeling, also helped to bring people closer, and gave some the time to reimagine their potential – both on a personal and collective level. “The first lockdown was overwhelming,” she says, finally. “The incredible heatwave and strange circumstances made it feel like we might be on the cusp of radical change ...
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