Open Door Image Project

The Open Door Images pandemic project stemmed from a challenge to take ten black and white photographs during the early days of the mandatory quarantine. I took these photos each day, using no old photos. I started to carry the camera with me everywhere, and this heavy accessory transitioned from a burdensome weight to a secure anchor in a rough sea. Like the rest of the world, my movements and travel were restricted. With each long day of quarantine and lockdown, the daily image was a beacon of hope and purpose. Just as that past year was a stop in time, these images are a suspense of light and life. Ordinary particles of light on daily objects or scenes are caught in this book as personal records of my pandemic experience.  Using no tripod or flash, I collected these images each day in unexpected moments: walking the streets of New York, sitting in traffic, or snowshoeing in the mountains of Vermont.  I chose to continue the 10 day challenge and committed to sharing 365 days of daily black and white images. The intention was to chronicle a year in the life of a pandemic, but what resulted was a personal photographic diary. These images display the obsessive awareness of details, the impulse to record memories, and the gravitational pull to show my story.