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Covid-19 Archive
RPS Journal features
![Serena does Chloe's hair, sat at the window](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/oqml50oc/serena-and-chloe-lockdown-day-16.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132623593921100000)
When the UK went into lockdown, Julia asked people in her west London neighbourhood whether she could photograph them.
![Autoire, a small village in the Lot, a department in south-western France. Charlie Waite FRPS](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/yoml0xux/020050-autoire-amended.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132623598676000000)
Waite, who has been photographing landscapes for almost 40 years, has missed spending time in the locations he loves.
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As a superintendent radiographer working during the Covid-19 pandemic, Kyle Tallett FRPS has found himself on the frontline and decided to photograph his colleagues as they helped diagnose case after case of the virus.
![Blowing Off Steam CG](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/r5zolbo1/blowing-off-steam_cg.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132507940924400000)
In the early days of the pandemic a group of maritime workers found themselves in limbo, unable to escape an ocean-locked ‘bubble’.
![Lewis-Khan_Theatre_high-res_011](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/b4ldexn4/lewis-khan_theatre_high-res_011.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132506125826970000)
"The pandemic has reminded everyone just how important the NHS and those that work in it are"
![Napanari © Alys Tomlinson From Lost Summer](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/c0zcopvd/napanari-alys-tomlinson-from-_lost-summer_.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132519137718100000)
Tomlinson used the first lockdown to create the series Lost Summer, highlighting the sacrifices young people were making.
![How I gave the children of Covid a voice](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/kkoghyep/amaiah_sc.webp?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132753149522270000)
“The baby’s speech was delayed due to a lack of socialisation at play groups and nursery because of Covid-19 and lockdown.”
Features by individuals
![Runawaylr](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/wkzp0vpl/runawaylr.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132360905297770000)
Paul created a personal project as part of his own recovery from COVID19 Coronavirus and dealing with the subsequent lockdown.
![We are all in it together](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/ki3iicgt/img_0127.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132391963101370000)
The global COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it has had massive health, financial, social and psychological ramifications; ten million infections and half a million deaths.
![Furloughed Andy Thorpe 13](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/rcchonei/furloughed-andy-thorpe-13.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132400930091330000)
This set is deliberately limited to 13 photos because being infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus can sadly prove to be very unlucky.
![Pb1](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/3c3bu54m/pb1.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132422570155870000)
Lockdown restrictions were relaxed on 13 May when we were allowed to travel further and to exercise for periods longer than an hour.
![RPS 1](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/xn5neeat/rps-1.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132426648975270000)
“I was fascinated by how people being interviewed on television were using Zoom, Skype, and FaceTime in differing & DIY ways..."
![S S Kumar 9](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/uwfjtfqk/s-s-kumar-9.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132436273763570000)
A series of photographs taken from a Kolkata rooftop during lockdown became a cherished catalogue of a unique time.
![P30p31](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/lqljf0il/p30p31.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132435493764730000)
"I found that the vague sense of personal dread that pervades much of my output suddenly found a focus in the genuinely existential threat of the virus."
![Coronavirus UK – A Photobook](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/dfsdaq30/fb_img_1599207811012.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132443257628430000)
The project combines an image taken daily during the Covid-19 crisis with a news headline from that same morning.
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Teaching Young people to express themselves via photography during a pandemic
Based on an interview with Carolyn Mendelsohn by Avijit Datta.
![Transporter](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/u25n2tdf/transporter.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132495048979500000)
Beattie's fight with anxiety and depression using photography as his weapon of choice was recently covered in a BBC news article.
![10. New Dawn](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/34yc2v32/10-new-dawn.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132536298257570000)
"My project ‘Separation’ is about my feelings following the loss of personal contact with my young grandchildren during the first lockdown."
![PM 09](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/nbdlmw3t/pm_09.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132538285831870000)
"The pandemic changed the world we know within a matter of weeks. As a GP principal and trainer, I was used to practising in a certain way."
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"Bad situation all around, Covid-19 will change everything. Economy down the tube is the least of anyone’s real worries; it’s the health of the nation that matters."
![Untitled (13 Of 56)DSF 4575](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/wa4dwjep/untitled-13-of-56-dsf_4575.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132565972164270000)
"The ethics of documenting this extremely emotive historical period of the COVID-19 pandemic were of the utmost importance."
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"I wanted to create a series of portraits to celebrate the NHS and members of staff that have had to switch from their normal roles within the hospital to working on the frontline."
![19](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/h1hfirsm/19.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132603209462170000)
"Not only health care workers, but patients from rural areas also became victims of COVID-19 stigma."
Activities
![Richard Lock Down](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/zdqia5v5/richard-lock-down.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132330540003170000)
"I think it would be great if as members of The RPS we photographed residents in the streets or locality we all live... to celebrate VE Day..."
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Kitchingman's experience of how the RPS Distinctions team and volunteers adapted the process due to the pandemic.
![Dollar Gill T4zrr0chbkw Unsplash](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/oggpk0cz/dollar-gill-t4zrr0chbkw-unsplash.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132617606400900000)
Guidance for those working as professionals, studying photography, and as amateurs under new lockdown restrictions.
Industry news
![Copyright Tom Maddick / SWNS](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/4qggz3gs/copyright-tom-maddick-swns.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132671832408600000)
Spearheaded by the Duchess, Patron of the RPS and National Portrait Gallery, ‘Hold Still’ created a unique portrait of the people of our nation.
![Positive View 2 (1)](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/v1of42rg/positive-view-2-1.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132350608680000000)
The competition aimed to give UK young people a voice. Positive View Foundation is a youth charity supported by The Arts Council and RPS.
![Old Analogue Camera](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/3lipgl54/ilford-super-sport.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132191561476570000)
The Covid-19 pandemic had a huge impact on global industry with many companies furloughing or laying off staff or closing down.
![Clapping For Mummy & Daddy (Our Heroes) By Nicole Paige Walters](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/mbvfyfcq/clapping-for-mummy-daddy-our-heroes-by-nicole-paige-walters.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132447609495130000)
The Duchess of Cambridge and National Portrait Gallery launched the Hold Still digital exhibition, featuring 100 portraits selected from over 30,000 submissions.
![Alma Rosaz 'Dreaming Of The Beach'](https://rps-assets.azureedge.net/media/efuduohl/alma-rosaz-dreaming-of-the-beach.jpg?mode=max&width=1520&rnd=132487958393270000)
The UK's first high-profile photography prize exclusively focused on young people attracted over 3,500 submissions.