The Picturing Lockdown Collection was created during April and May 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. During seven days the public were asked to submit photographs that they felt best represented their experiences of lockdown in England, and from these submissions one hundred representing all the different geographic regions were chosen to be archived with Historic England. Alongside these images, ten artists were commissioned to produce their own images over the course of five days, representing their lockdown experience. These were supplemented with images by Historic England’s own photographers. Together, the Picturing Lockdown collection forms a permanent visual record of this unusual time in history.
This photograph is one of the one hundred images taken by the public, and was chosen to represent the East of England region. It was taken at 15.30 on 3rd May 2020. The photographer wrote the following text to explain how the image documents their experience of lockdown: "I'm a 19 year old who has moved in with my 92 year old Ghanaian Grandmother for lockdown. This image represents the honour of caring for somebody who was a veteran NHS Nurse and Midwife who came to the UK as a trainee nurse in 1948. This picture captures her saying goodbye to my mother who was dropping off shopping for us. Despite her frailty she was determined to come to the window of her flat. My experiences of Lockdown has involved the privilege of hearing a powerful living history of the NHS direct from my grandmother before I go off to study Nursing next year."
This is part of the Sub Series: HEC01/036/01 Picturing Lockdown Collection - Public Submissions; within the Series: HEC01/036 Picturing Lockdown Collection; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England
© Lanai Collis Phillips
Photographer: Collis Phillips, Lanai
People, Health And Welfare
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