A New Normal
If you could re-envision a status quo, a given standard, a safe space, what would it be?
What could you call your own? What could we call ours?
Created in 2020 during the pandemic, A New Normal is a collaborative photographic series featuring letters from Hannah Nishat-Botero, William Diep, Hali Igwelaezoh and Edward Zorab. It was exhibited in Develop From Home, an outdoor exhibition in The Photographer's Gallery in October 2021. The exhibition featured young photographers' work created during the pandemic. It was also featured on The Photographer's Gallery's website in A Story Behind a Photograph series.
Reflecting on the conversations that flooded our newfound dialogue and considering notions of ‘returning to normal’ and the ‘we’re all in this together’ rhetoric - when it was evident that circumstance let so many of us slip through the cracks - this practice was a way of navigating these feelings.
Recognising physical distance, I invited perspectives across different borders and asked them to personally redefine their hopes for a new normality...a way of re-connecting and highlighting different perspectives during this time.
