A mostly empty cup
With this project I wanted to document my feelings of isolation throughout this year of pandemic. I moved to my hometown from Victoria on March 20th, 2020 and I’ve mostly spent my time in my bedroom avoiding outside interactions. Alongside the pandemic, Whitehorse is unfamiliar to me, I grew up here but spent the last 7 or so years in BC. As a portrait photographer I believe self portraiture was the best way to convey the sort of emptiness I’ve been experiencing. I'm feeling extremely disconnected from the life I once lived, the art I once created, the friends I spent years building friendships with. This past year hasn’t been the best for me mentally but I’ve been able to find some comfort in small routines such as a finding cute colour palettes in my laundry, or making myself food to watch netflix, or a bong toke before I have supper that have helped me day to day. The more time passes the more I feel like a human in Wall-E’s world, relying on screens to bring me some joy from the isolation. I appreciate this time I have for myself but I miss connecting with people face to face.
