Annotations: Pandemic London Streets - Ki Price (price, 2020)

The images denote empty streets down London’s culture districts in the West End which features the Royal Opera house and Covent Garden.  The images denote the impact the Lockdown has had on the culture of London. The images connote the feelings of emptiness as all the images are showing London to be empty with nothing going on when the photos were taken during the beginning of the original lockdown back in March and April. The images communicate how people were staying at home during the first wave when everyone feared the pandemic and the impact that it might have on their health.

As a viewer, I am affected by the way she has photographed London with the use of black and white to make the images stand out to the viewers. The use of not having colour makes the images bolder and stronger so it is easier to understand what is going on at the location. The images make people feel disappointed and sad about seeing what has happened to London during the first lockdown. The viewers will look at the brighter tones first as the eyes are naturally drawn to this setup.

The work is significant to my project as it captures the Lockdown. I like the colours that were not used which give London an old-fashioned tone to the images that causes the images to have more power. I think the use of a wide-angle shots makes the work stand out stronger as it captures most of the area which gives the images more context to understand what the images are like and needs to be done to improve the shots to get them to become stronger.  I am planning on using how she has used the angles when I take the ideas into my project.

The strengths of this work are that shows London during Lockdown and it shows the impact that Lockdown has had on the Nightlife. What I am going to be doing differently is that I am planning on shooting Ashford and Canterbury and I will be using colour to show what is like in the second Lockdown.

The visual styles that I am planning on taking forward are the use of a wide-angle lens to capture the local towns to show how it has been impacting local places. I am not planning on using a tripod compared to how the photographer has used on in their work. I am planning on offering images with more people have become complacent with how the rules are in use.

The indented audience for the images is blogs and news sites that are reporting on how the Lockdown took place. It was aimed to time stamp the impact that Lockdown has had in March and April. The work is important to show how government policies have impacted the life and culture in the country.

The context that I have seen the work has been online on my laptop this gives the images less power to shine due to it giving me a small picture. The work would be stronger in a gallery as the images would work well when they are made into the full proportion that people would need to see to get to understand what is going on.