Portrait Projects
Between June 2021 and June 2022, while the world was still reeling from the Pandemic that engulfed us all, my husband and I traveled the Great American Loop in our small motorboat. This 6000 mile journey travels along the rivers, canals, lakes and intracoastal waterways of the eastern United States. Along the way I met many people whose lives were linked to the water and I was curious how they fared during the COVID lockdowns. I asked them: “what did you learn about yourself during the Pandemic?”
R, Intercity Yacht Club, Cleveland, OH
I learned that I am not a home-body, I don’t like sitting at home. But I learned that life is short. Before COVID, you always assumed that your loved ones are gonna be there and you’re gonna be able to see them. But when they get taken away from you and you can’t see the, it does a number on you, you know, you don’t realize how much physical contact you need and interaction. Even just the little stuff like seeing people in the grocery store and their faces and hugging people! And even until recently, when we started getting our immunizations, you were really leery of people touching you, like even with my son—people would come up to him to say hey, and I would be like HEY and be super protective of him. I like interacting with people, I do.