Lysol Lakes, and Other Photographs

Abstract

Since the worldwide implementation of lockdown measures due to COVID-19, there have been substantial changes in how we interact with our social and material worlds. Urban landscapes are being reimagined (Pierantoni et al., 2020), individuals are finding new ways to re-create outdoors (Rice et al., 2020), and many health services are being digitized to increase accessibility (Taylor et al., 2020). This short photo essay adds a visual component to such everyday social and material changes. More specifically, it is composed of three photographs that I took while on my solo-walks in Southern Ontario during the initial lockdown. The collection explores three themes: the irony of cleanliness, danger and contamination, and the importance of staying connected with loved ones during COVID-19.