Glitch, a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment…or in this case our lives. On January 21, 2020, the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in the United States. On March 12, the Savannah College of Art and Design told their students their spring quarter would be held online. The day after, President Donald Trump declared a National Emergency, which ultimately led to the shelter-in-place order in Georgia on April 3.

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Since everyone was advised to stay home unless they were deemed “essential” employees, many stores have closed, leaving a vastness of vacated parking lots. Photographing these empty spaces and allowing them to Glitch is how I chose to document ‘Sequestered’--the first half of the two-part series. This section represents the recent state of the world. Each malfunction of the imagery is uncontrolled and then captured via a screenshot. Choosing to give up control perfectly represents the present state of the world: unpredictable.

 

On April 24, Georgia governor Brian Kemp chose to reopen the state under the guise of preventing a state-wide economic crisis. Though many businesses could reopen, many remained closed in fear of the unknown. In “Reopening”, I chose to create diptychs of wide-angle shots of storefronts combined with straight down shots to show that though the state is trying to return to normal, the future is still unknown.