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[The Guardian] Istanbul: Faces of Now – a lockdown diary
« on: June 13, 2020, 07:01:18 AM »
Istanbul: Faces of Now – a lockdown diary

In the second part of our series commissioned in conjunction with the Prix Pictet, photographer Rena Effendi explores Istanbul and talks to residents in Covid-19 quarantine

The ability to move audiences beyond cliche is a characteristic shared by photographers shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, which is important as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis. The global lockdown has given birth to new cliches: wildlife cautiously exploring unpeopled streets; iconic monuments devoid of tourists, save for the occasional solitary individual escaping their confinement.

This commission asked photographers to move beyond the obvious and present a series of images that respond to the issues confronting us, to begin to plot a route to a new future and to new ways of thinking about the world.

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