Mathias Zwick
by Mathias Zwick from Paris, France
As Covid-19 spreads throughout Europe and containment measures are imposed on citizens by the various states, I decide to start a work of documentation of my daily life in confinement through a series of self-portraits featuring a hypochondriac character bordering on paranoia.
It is a work about loneliness and boredom through which I tried to bring a touch of humor and poetry to lightly counterbalance the gravity of the health crisis we are going through.
When I began this series, the duration of the confinement was still uncertain. Not knowing the end date of such a situation plunged us into a feeling of eternity and may have made the experience all the more difficult. This forced confinement certainly had an impact on the mental health of some people. Alone at home, time has lengthened, the pace of life has slowed down and our living space has shrunk. This situation of profound boredom has led to imagination and creativity which have become precious tools to occupy our days and thus keep a healthy spirit.
Here is the diary of an ordinary person who, left to himself, tries not to sink into madness.
SELF-PORTRAITS: PHOTOGRAPHERS IN CONFINEMENT
Curated by Svetlana Bachevanova
A collection of self-portraits made by photojournalists from five continents during the unprecedent lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic.
Photographers are people on the road, living to document the lives of others.
Constrained by the lockdown, many of them had their first experience of being still long enough to begin seeing and understanding small details about who they are, their lifestyles and values, that were overshadowed while they were busy. These self-portraits express their experience.
This is a unique collection of self-portraits from some of the best lenses in photojournalism at an historic moment.
Photographers in Confinement is a project in process and I welcome additional submissions from photojournalists at svetlana@fotoevidence.com
I am looking for potential exhibition partners in the USA and abroad.
Svetlana Bachevanova is a founder and publisher of FotoEvidence, long time photojournalist and curator.
