[The Guardian] Keeping the fire going: a visual response to coronavirus

Keeping the fire going: a visual response to coronavirus

In part three of our series commissioned in conjunction with the Prix Pictet, we present the work of photographer Rinko Kawauchi

The ability to move beyond cliche is an important characteristic shared by photographers shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, as we grapple with the reality of the world 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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