Shanghai Lockdown remote portraits

During the lockdown in Shanghai that lasted 2 month I have photographed friends and acquaintances thru video call as they, as myself, were under a mandatory isolation required by the Chinese government.

Meanwhile the rest of the world have decided to open up China is. one of. the last place left where the strict no covid policy measure are in place.

Portraits of Shanghai's Lockdown published on Washington Post

“Letters from Shanghai”, my project in which I photographed people remotely during the lockdown in Shanghai, has been published on Washington Post.

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Link: http://washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/shanghai-lockdown-portraits/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F36f0cb2%2F628fa3cd956121755a91cf52%2F5ed70f9aade4e276b3c2aa14%2F26%2F72%2F628fa3cd956121755a91cf52

Shanghai Lockdown 2022

Street scenes in Shanghai, China on May 18th, 2022.

As Shanghai is undergoing a total lockdown the city has lift some restriction for some few people althought streets that connect different districts are shut and checkpoints have being installed.

Fences are raised in order to divide different districts and prevent people to cross in Shanghai, China on May 18th 2022

My series "Letters from Shanghai" published on Liberation

As Shanghai has been locked down I have started to photograph friends of mine and other people that I have never met, remotely using a video-call. The absurdity of this project is that we all live in the same city, Shanghai and yet we are not able to meet in real life because of the harsh lockdown that Shanghai is undergoing.

I have asked to all my subject to share their thoughts written in a paper or a piece of their diary, here some part of the portfolio published on Liberation

Shanghai remote portrait