Lockdown Stories 2020 - under the first lockdown in the spring of 2020 I created a series of 150 portraits, that depicted a selection of essential workers and residents mainly confined indoors in and around Folkestone, Kent.You can view a selection of portraits from this project on this link: https://zakwaters.com/Lockdown (Best viewed from a computer.) These audio recordings are an ongoing documentation of the residents and workers I photographed. In 2022, I asked them to reflect on their own lockdown 2020 experiences and tell me their story.Thank you to Develop Your Creative Practice (DYCP) and The Arts Council England for...
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#20 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Kate
Kate reflect on her time in the first Lockdown 2020."So much money was wasted. And a lot of it was about posturing and saying the right things. Saying that they were delivering box…
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#19 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Dhruvee.
Dhruvee who specialises in infection control for the NHS reflects on her time over lockdown 2020."I remember having discussions with friends about, do you think we'll ever be able…
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#18 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Karen.
Karen recalls her horrific and despairing time working at Pelham Care Home in Folkestone where they lost 10 residents over Lockdown 2020."We had no testing kits or anything for a l…
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#17 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Maureen.
"I don't think that I've completely emerged from it, whatever I mean by that. I'm not sure what I mean by that because, you know, after experiences like that It's terribly difficul…
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#16 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Francoise.
"There was a lot of misinformation all around, and that's always the best. It's almost like a test tube to create all sorts of weird and wacky ideas against vaccination for vaccina…
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#15 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Cathy.
"I have never been in a situation where society was utterly disrupted, utterly turned upside down. In the few days or a week or so, before the actual everybody staying at home anno…
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#14 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Daniel.
“I think in 20 to 30 years time, the absolute truth of COVID will come out and I reckon the vast majority of people in this country or around the world will probably think to thems…
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#13 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Debbie.
"Come the end of this whole experience I've had a few people I know who have died because they were vulnerable. They were put in positions where one friend was really poorly, ended…
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#12 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Lord Roger Card.
"I still think that the government got a bit too generous with the money side of it to people. Encouraging them to stop home, which meant that they weren't actually going in to do…
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#11 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Cath.
" We had weekly meetings with the government to adapt our delivery of our service to each individual's needs. So there was some thought going into that and also at the same time ke…
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#10 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Julie.
"Lockdown was quite strange. I am quite a sociable person and I had quite an active social life and obviously not being able to go out, meant that, that was curtailed somewhat and…
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#9 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Amelia & Mitchell.
"I just remember the most surreal thing would be walking home from work and there would be no one in the streets whatsoever. And you were sort of walking around this wasteland like…
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#8 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Linda & Chris.
"My employer said you don't need to work full time if you have caring responsibilities, bout our workload had gone up. So, I didn't have to be present at work, but I had all this w…
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#7 Lockdown Stories 2020 - John & Kaz.
"Isolation, loneliness, and separation from people. Being told that you can't do anything you normally do in your normal life had a massive impact on my mental health." John & Kaz.…
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#6 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Rosanne, Shelley & Elliot.
"I have lost the sense of safety that things are generally ok. I think that some of the insecurity is new, especially with Brexit and everything that has been happening this year."…
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#5 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Tess.
"The day of the lockdown everything changed for everybody. the way we shopped, the way we see each other and the way we do things." - Tess.Lockdown Stories 2020 - under the first l…
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#4 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Amanda & Terrance.
"During lockdown, it was pretty much me and my son, as my partner worked days and days on end. We live in a communal flat block on the very top floor. The front door almost locking…
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#3 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Theresa.
"I'm an unpaid carer who actually needs a carer myself. Covid has exacerbated every single thing in my life on a daily basis." - Theresa.Lockdown Stories 2020 - under the first loc…
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#2 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Alice.
"The main thing I think about when I look back over lockdown is just how much more anxiety I've now got over the tiniest thing. If there are too many people, if there is someone pa…
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#1 Lockdown Stories 2020 - Jan & John.
"During the first lockdown, my husband had a heart attack. he was whisked off to hospital; I was left here of course not knowing what would happen, and he was in there for two week…