With her camera in tow, she was ready to go out to photograph how deserted the city became every night. As she stepped out of her house, it was already late afternoon.
The seeds which she had sowed quite a while back had given way to a small plant with many flowers.
PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox
While nature was going on as per its usual course, all the markets, roads, restaurants and more came to a standstill every night as a lockdown had been enforced.
Being the journalist she was, it was her job to photograph the emptiness all around. It was quite bizarre.
Written for the photo prompt and you can read the other entries here.
Linking to Crispina Crimson’s Creative Challenge #126 and Photo Challenge #361
This post is part of the Blogchatter A2z Challenge
Deepti Menon
What an apt analogy of the lockdown year… brilliant! Your stories make us muse.
https://deepties.blogspot.com/
transitionofthoughts
Thanks :).
Arti Jain
The first photograph is the post is captivating– a narrative very strong.
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Arti :).
Iain Kelly
Photographs and film from the last year will seem so strange to look back on in the future. You caught that well in this piece.
transitionofthoughts
Yeah it just felt like the world stopped completely in its tracks.
neilmacdon
I wonder, when all this is over, what things we did normally before the pandemic will seem bizarre to us afterwards
transitionofthoughts
I guess the way things are going a lot may change forever. For eg: I feel short business trips may be a thing for the past for many years to come especially if the same discussions can be done virtually.
Neha
True that.. man made world has come to a standstill.
ahtdoucette
It has been a strange year. I’d never paused to think how it might feel to be a photographer capturing it all. Well written.
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Anne :). Yeah I just happened to think and was just wondering how odd it must be for them as well.
GHLearner
I hope that this soon will only be a distant memory. Good story.
transitionofthoughts
Hope is what we all have. Amen!
The Real Cie
Wonderfully written. This piece captures the feeling of the early days of the pandemic quite well.
~cie from poetry of the netherworld~
transitionofthoughts
Thank you :).
Brenda's Thoughts
I think when it’s all over, I’ll need to readjust to bumping into people again. It’s going to take some time. Nicely done!
transitionofthoughts
Oh yes, it’s going to be quite a while. I guess the more things go like this, I am starting to forget how life was before the pandemic. Maybe we will all have to start all over from scratch once the pandemic is done and dusted.
Brenda's Thoughts
Indeed.
earthskyair
And it really is quite bizarre! Love how you told this story, and the additional photographs.
transitionofthoughts
Thanks :).
msjadeli
People Magazine is hurting for photo ops! Good story.
transitionofthoughts
Thanks 🙂
msjadeli
You’re welcome.
crispina kemp
Love it. Very well blended. And clearly you enjoyed doing it
transitionofthoughts
Thank you 🙂
crispina kemp
🙂
granonine
I’m so glad that nature pays no attention to the lockdown!
transitionofthoughts
Oh yes, life goes on as usual as far as nature is concerned :).