35 images Created 29 Apr 2020
5C in an age of corona
From the series 'Portraits of 5.C - a class photo in a time of Corona anno 2020.' The portraits were taken during the lock-down and were taken in the door of their homes at a safe distance and without entering the house.
At the time of taking the portraits no-one knew what to expect and most of Denmark is still under special measures.
The school was, like all schools in Denmark, shut down March 16th 2020. Danish Prime Minister called for a Mette Frederiksen called for a lock-down of the country including the closure of all schools, and a ban on all larger gatherings because of the spreading Corona Virus. All of a sudden all the kids were asked to stay at home, in isolation, and the school was left lying empty and silent.
The kids have had to make sense out of this and create a daily life of their own, away from their friends. For weeks all teaching and homework has been done online, in living rooms, in kitchens or alone in their rooms. Every so often the kids of 5.C have met online with each other and their teachers but physically most of them haven’t met for almost 4 weeks.
At the time of taking the portraits no-one knew what to expect and most of Denmark is still under special measures.
The school was, like all schools in Denmark, shut down March 16th 2020. Danish Prime Minister called for a Mette Frederiksen called for a lock-down of the country including the closure of all schools, and a ban on all larger gatherings because of the spreading Corona Virus. All of a sudden all the kids were asked to stay at home, in isolation, and the school was left lying empty and silent.
The kids have had to make sense out of this and create a daily life of their own, away from their friends. For weeks all teaching and homework has been done online, in living rooms, in kitchens or alone in their rooms. Every so often the kids of 5.C have met online with each other and their teachers but physically most of them haven’t met for almost 4 weeks.
