GPF’s artistic director Jean-Christophe Godet has set up the project to create an online visual record of covid-19 which answers the question “I wonder what it was like to live through that?” for the generations to come.
“We would love for life as we knew it to return, but this major health event is going to create a new normal, therefore we thought it was important to capture the covid-19 pandemic in a meaningful way involving people of all ages and backgrounds. We hope to receive as many images as possible.”
Each week throughout this crisis the Guernsey Photography Festival will be posting on their social network a different theme. To take part all you have to do is to take a photo related to the proposed theme and post it on Instagram with the following tag: #gsycovid19photoproject.
The project is open to all and to all ages and you don’t need to be a professional photographer to take part.
The only request is that participants take care to follow the States of Guernsey guidance when taking photographs, either staying at home or following social distancing guidelines. The good news is that even photos taken while working from home, homeschooling or out doing essential tasks are really important moments to capture during this strange and difficult time.
An exhibition and online archive showing work captured in the project will be curated by the Guernsey Photography Festival further down the line once social distancing is relaxed.
For more information on the project, check out GPF’s Instagram Feed or Facebook page.
The themes for week one are: #guernseytogether #alderneytogether #sarktogether #hermtogether
Pictured top: An image by Mr Godet of his son promoting the project.