Here and Now

“Here and Now” was filmed at the end of October 2020. When I started shooting this series, I clearly represented what a visual series should turn out to be, but did not understand what it was for, like a melody without text. At that moment, the “second wave” of the pandemic seemed mythical or very distant and incomprehensible, rumors and speculations. There were few masked people on the streets and this was rather a rare occurrence. Now at the end of December 2020, the number of cases is steadily growing, many of those familiar have fallen ill in a mild or not very easy form. A man on the street wearing a mask has become a symbol of today. The news that someone fell ill, someone died is already perceived as a statement of fact. For me, this series fixes the state for October, and it creates a contrast between where we are now. Changes will creep into our lives quietly and invisibly. The contrast sobers and returns to reality how everything can change our attitude and perception in just a few months…

 Thank you, everyone “strangers” got into my lens.

December 2020