Life Under Lockdown

Life under Lockdown explores how photographers, Adam Isfendiyar and Eithne Nightingale, took portraits of people in East London in their windows, doorways, on their balconies or in the near vicinity of their homes during the spring and summer of 2020. But there were differences. Whereas Eithne took portraits of her neighbours in her two adjoining streets in Hackney, something she had done on two previous occasions, Adam cycled across Hackney and Tower Hamlets visiting people who had responded to his request on social media. Eithne also asked people to pose with objects that sustained them during lockdown – board games, plants, hair clippers, yoga mats, musical instruments and oximeters. In the film Eithne and Adam share their experiences of what the project taught them about people’s experiences of lockdown – both of key workers and those working from home; about inequality in housing and how the pandemic affected people of different ages and backgrounds; the importance of outdoor space and of the internet; the challenges but also the benefits and what people wanted to retain after the pandemic. Eithne and Adam also talk about how they benefitted from the project, as photographers, during a time of crisis. To purchase Life Under Lockdown: on Mehetabel Road and Isabella Road in Hackney 2020 by Eithne Nightingale visit Pages in Hackney or order online on https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/product/life-under-lockdown-on-mehetabel-road-and-isabella-road-in-hackney-2020/ For further information contact eithne.nightingale@icloud.com For more of Eithne’s work visit eithnenightingale.com To purchase Living in Lockdown by Adam Isfendiyar visit at Burley Fisher and Brick Lane Bookshop or buy direct from Adam by visiting is https://www.adamisfendiyar.com/prints/living-in-lockdown-book For further information contact photo@adamisfendiyar.com For more of Adam’s work visit adamisfendiyar.com