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, taken at 15.50 on 2nd May 2020, is the fourth of six images depicting the lockdown as experienced by the artist Aidan Moesby, and represents the North East region. The artist has written the following text to explain how this image documents their experience of lockdown: "This headland is near my studio. I have been mostly unable to go to work in my studio due to lockdown. Each of these benches has a plaque and memories affixed. It is an incredibly poignant place. Many lives have been lost on the rocks here. The light beacon historically has attempted to keep people safe. The empty benches are redolent of grieving and memorials to come. There is currently no beacon for corona."
This is part of the Volume: HEC01/036/02/02 Picturing Lockdown Collection: Artists' Submissions - Aidan Moesby; within the Sub Series: HEC01/036/02 Picturing Lockdown Collection - Artists' Submissions; within the Series: HEC01/036 Picturing Lockdown Collection; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England
© Coralie Datta
Photographer: Moesby, Aidan
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