During the early days of the pandemic, before folks started ignoring the lockdown, I found myself drawn to photograph schools and other public spots in my area. The vacant ball fields and campuses were interesting, of course, as subjects in their own right. And they certainly looked different in their stark emptiness. But I also enjoyed being by myself in these open spaces. I never felt compelled to make a body of work with 'pandemic' explicitly in the title the way many artists did. Certainly, the pandemic influenced everyone's approach to making photographs. I guess it just takes me longer to process these things, is all.
