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This photo story focuses on my own personal experience through the
COVID-19 pandemic. From documenting my personal journey home to
Memphis, Tennessee to recording supply shortages in local grocers, this
photo story demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted folks
all over the United States.
Alex Backer is a Framingham State student and is featured in multiple
images in this photo story.
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{This Album} emulates how life was clear and calm before Covid-19 and how it changed to
after it happened.
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Oil on canvas, Self portrait of the artist
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Oil on Canvas, National Gallery of Art, Chester Dale Collection
1963.10.96
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Oil on canvas painting by the artist Berthe Morisot in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs, 1952
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"During this time many people are working from home. This picture is of my
dad who has taken over our dining room as his office. My dad is a product
engineer, and he works in the dining on the products as well as taking video calls.
When he is on a call, we have to be quiet on the first floor. I took this photo
through the window on the back deck where I was doing my photography
assignments and staying out of his way. Many families are experiencing this same
thing of everyone being home and needing to work around each other.
Are there any additional details about the item you would like to share?"
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"I started writing this journal to collect my thoughts and put them down in one place so that they wouldn't just be swirling around in my head plaguing my mind. It was helpful to write out how I felt as I felt the feelings. As I read back my emotion journal to myself, I realized that this wasn't the only place I had collected my thoughts. I went through some Facebook posts I had made as well about how this was affecting me, particularly in terms of my school work and my mental state and there are quite a few posts I made about how the pandemic was affecting my ability to function. This item is important to me because it is an example of how COVID-19 impacted people in more ways than one. The uncertainty and fear of the virus sent my mental and emotional health into a whirlwind, and my brain into survival mode. I have struggled with mental health issues in the past, mostly related to anxiety and depression, and the threat of the virus and a global pandemic only heightened and triggered these old feelings. As I noted in my journal several times, I haven't felt this way since high school. Although I will note that I have good days and bad days. I still seem to have trouble prioritizing my school work even on the good days, which is an indicator to me that not only is my depression and anxiety heightened, but my ADD symptoms are harder to control when trying to manage schoolwork from home, with no set schedule to maintain. Surprisingly having less places to be and people to see, destroyed my sense of routine and responsibility and my ability to maintain a set schedule that would assist me in being able to complete assignments, which isn't necessarily highlighted in these journals, but I figured needed explaining to add another layer to this perspective."
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"I have worked in the Library for more than thirty years. That evening (during the "original" Spring Break) I made a quick visit to pick up my class notes for the rest of the semester and (as it happens) my academic regalia. ALL the lights were one, but I was the only one in the building. We may have guessed, but couldn't have known, that the building would be closed for months..."
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"It explains how my life was affected by COVID19."
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"Unable to go to the barber due to the quarantine, my grandsons are giving each other hair cuts. This picture is the younger brother carefully using the clippers to cut his older brother's hair and doing a fine job of it, too!!"
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"This item explains how covid-19 has changed my life and many others."
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"It has been heartbreaking not being able to visit my mom and dad. They live in New York city and I have been worried sick about them. Everyday I Facetime with them and it is always a joy to see them healthy, safe and happy."
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"The struggle of learning from a remote location."
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Isaac Budmen and Stephanie Keefe designed this 3D printed face shield. Budmen Industries has been printing the face shields continuously since March 13th. They made the blueprint available for free online, and as of April 30th, over 2,500 companies, schools, and individuals from more than 40 countries (and all six inhabited continents,) have downloaded the blueprint. The face shields are being distributed to healthcare workers around the world. So far, more than 400,000 shields have been requested.
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