As we went into 2020 the world saw the start of a global pandemic, the Covid-19 virus. On the evening of 23rd March 2020, the Prime Minister announced that the population of the country would need to go into a state of lockdown to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and reduce the pressure of the NHS, so that it would have capacity to treat those who needed the limited provision that Intensive Care Units provide.

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I have been hugely fortunate throughout this time to be living in rural Mid Suffolk, in a  small village set within a vast and beautiful landscape. Having previously walked many of the footpaths in this locality, I saw the opportunity to take regular exercise during this time and to re-walk many of the paths I have walked during the last decade, and to walk paths that I had not yet explored. 

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I have documented my daily life through photographs since graduating. Taking landscape photographs while out on walks has been a part of this, and so it was natural to continue taking photos on these 'lockdown walks'. With walking becoming a little more frequent due to having more time available for exercise and recreation, I became aware that the landscape photos were building into a growing collection of their own. I noted that by mid April, that the location and situation in which I found myself were common threads , and so I started to archive the images accordingly, by creating folders of the photos that described my walks on a  day to day basis, I came to know this volume of work as 'Lockdown Landscapes'

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I have kept a map of the routes I have walked from the start of the lockdown, an accumulative map, where by each path walked is added, which gradually grows the map (using Google Earth). By May 2020 I started to map individual walks, to provide a context to each folder of photographs. I have started to be more methodical in the taking of photos, which has allowed the project to develop from its start point.

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As lockdown continues, so will his project, it may even develop further. Meantime the images are now available to view via the links below

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Use of and reproduction of any image in Lockdown Landscapes Photo Archive is by written permission only, please use the contact form below to be in contact to seek permissions.

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Phill V-Williams

May 2020

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