Germanys first cases of COVID-19 were notified in January 2020. For me, self-isolation during the “lockdown“ meant to reduce social contact almost completely. „danke, gut“ translates as „fine, thanks“ or „I’m good“ in response to one of the probably most frequently asked questions in time of the diary. To avoid the resulting feeling of emptiness I started to work on a diary which goes on for about 80 days. My goal was to shoot at least one valid picture every day. Therefore I walked many hours through Berlin.

I was looking for signs and behavioral changes caused by the lockdown while everyone was waiting to return to their normal routines. The result of my work is a chronological series consisting of 82 pictures from the first day of self-isolation till the creeping end of social distance.

Germanys first cases of COVID-19 were notified in January 2020. For me, self-isolation during the “lockdown“ meant to reduce social contact almost completely. „danke, gut“ translates as „fine, thanks“ or „I’m good“ in response to one of the probably most frequently asked questions in time of the diary. To avoid the resulting feeling of emptiness I started to work on a diary which goes on for about 80 days. My goal was to shoot at least one valid picture every day. Therefore I walked many hours through Berlin.

I was looking for signs and behavioral changes caused by the lockdown while everyone was waiting to return to their normal routines. The result of my work is a chronological series consisting of 82 pictures from the first day of self-isolation till the creeping end of social distance.

28.03.2020

19.04.2020

19.04.2020

27.04.2020

01.05.2020

03.05.2020