honorable mention
Laurie Freitag united states
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In the Garden at Chislehurst
When the pandemic came to my world I thought I could 'handle' it but I spent most evenings stockpiling supplies from Amazon preparing for the worst.
My days, on the other hand, are spent in a garden in Los Angeles as a nanny to a 4 year-old boy, where he pulls berries from a bush to make berry stew. I sit alongside him in the dirt as he 'cooks.'
In this pretend world of innocence & nature I'm safe & able to hide from the realities just outside the garden.
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entry description
My series,‘In the Garden at Chislehurst’, explores my challenges of adjusting emotionally to the Covid-19 pandemic.When the pandemic came to my world I thought I could 'handle' it but I spent most evenings stockpiling supplies from Amazon preparing for the worst.
My days, on the other hand, are spent in a garden in Los Angeles as a nanny to a 4 year-old boy, where he pulls berries from a bush to make berry stew. I sit alongside him in the dirt as he 'cooks.'
In this pretend world of innocence & nature I'm safe & able to hide from the realities just outside the garden.
about the photographer
Laurie Freitag is a self-taught, digital photographer making pictures with her iphone based in Los Angeles, California. Her early years, spent in the Bronx, Coney Island & Far Rockaway, influence her work with themes of family, childhood, memory & home.back to gallery