I’ve been using my daily bike ride to swing past friend’s homes & capture moments on their doorsteps and ask what love means to them in this time.
Annie is loving having time to look after herself better. “And this doorstep. I’ve been here 30 years”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

I asked Tais to bring something she loved to her balcony and she brought out her Mum and her son.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

I cycled past Louie but I doubled back as he looked so chilled.
“What’s the thing you love most about isolation?”
“The sunshine.”
Even inside our hearts are outside.

#LoveInATimeOfIsolation
#LoveInATimeofCorona
#DoorstopPortraits

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“I just want the whole world to know how much I love them. That’s what I keep chanting about about. I really do. And Flo loves them too. I want to heal the whole world with this love.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation
#LoveInATimeOfCorona
#DoorstepPortraits

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Yesterday I spend four hours getting groceries for neighbours. After my last drop off I paused to take another picture for my #LoveInATimeOfIsolation #DoorstepPortraits project.
This little project is giving me life right now. It’s just really human.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_J2uJBndja/?igshid=1qsikirffdtbu

Little Elliayana was born a few weeks before lockdown. You may recall I did her Mum’s pregnancy shoot and newborn shoot. Today I popped by to say hello and see if they needed anything.
#LoveInATimeofIsolation #LoveInATimeofCarona
#BalconyPortraits

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Mandi asked me to come and take her picture and when she came to her gate we found this #ThankYouNHS chalk. Ellen did a jump for her portrait. Not to be outdone, Mandi pulled a wheelie.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation
#LoveInATimeOfCorona
#DoorstepPortraits

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Social distancing seemed like a good time for DIY but now we’re just thankful for the face masks. And Marj the dog is loving @h_phillipson and Jake being home all day.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation
#LoveInATimeOfCorona
#DoorstepPortraits
#IsolationPortraits

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When I got a shout from old @selsistersuncut activist mate @Aviah_Sarah_Day who shared an idea for a #mutualaid group as a response to COVID, I knew this time we’d needed community more than ever. She let me take her portrait for #LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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When @SophiaGrene sent me a really lovely message about my pictures the other day, I noticed she was local to me, so I offered to take some photos on her doorstep.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #DoorstepPortraits

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QVbOjnVXg/?igshid=fwrw2lt4xtgm

“We are loving family time and Joys is loving bubbles”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #doorstepportraits #coronaportraits #hackney #london

“I think it is really important to remember that what cuts through fear and anger and apathy is hope.” @LilyLoweMyers suggested her birthday might be a nice day for a #doorstepportrait. Happy birthday Lily.
#LoveInATimeofIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #CoronaPortraits

“People keep talking about families in flats, but I love my flat. It’s way bigger than my last place. I know people mean well but I love it & think we’re lucky & the boys are happy and healthy and that’s what is important to me.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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These are two folk I’m most looking forward to hugging & sharing food with again. @WanjiKelbert & @KingKreol are two of the most dedicated open hearted activist folk I’ve ever met. When I decided to do a project about love, they were who I was thinking of.
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I’ve been asking folk to bring something they love to their doorstep, most bring partners or kids.
Jean brought her son Adam, who died in 1987.
“I don’t talk to the picture. I don’t need to. He’s everywhere.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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I’ve been chatting to @PrincessofVP on here for years and she’s always been really supportive of photography. I knew she was local, so it felt only right to see if she wanted to be part of my #DoorstopPortraits project. She’s loving her shared garden.
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Hani brought her Mum @Anita_Vasisht to the picture as the thing she loved. Lila says the thing she loves is tea but she didn’t think that would be appropriate.
#LoveInATimeOfCorina #LoveInATimeOfIsolation #doorstepPortraits #Hackney #London

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Frank is loving tractors & throwing things. @jamesellisford is loving having time to be more creative. @sereenford is loving not having to make excuses about why she wants to social distance from people.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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When I asked @KitchenNo7 what she loved in lockdown, of course the answer was Cassie.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #loveInATimeOfCorona #DoorstepPortraits #London #coronaportraits

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The way the community has come together on the street has been really important for @leaveitmark2. Iris is loving their shared garden. And ran down to get the neighbours involved.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #loveInATimeOfCorona #doorstepPortraits

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I cycled past this lot and had to double back to ask if I could take their picture. “How many people live here?” I asked. “About 30” came the reply.
#LoveInATimeOfCorona #LoveInATimeOfIsolation #doorstepportraits #CoronaPortraits #London

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I loved taking pictures of @kitkatkt8 & she loved getting dressed up for the occasion. Her post had just arrived so I watched her trying out her new looks. Mabel was less impressed.
#LoveInATimeOfCorona #LoveInATimeOfIsolation #DoorstepPortraits #Hackney

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I loved how when I mentioned my project to @garyyounge he was an instant yes. We spoke about how black & brown people are being disproportionately killed by this virus.
There is a longer caption on my Instagram http://www.instagram.com/p/B_kqmP1n7FW/?igshid=zc21eh9qhn2j
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

I campaigned against cuts to frontline domestic violence services with @tamarajadekaz within @SistersUncut. 100 reports of domestic violence are being reported a day. #HowCanSheLeaveWhenSheHasNoWhereToGo
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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Jasmin @Tokyo_SexWail was in India when she started to hear rumours of lockdown. She was meant to be going to work in Canada but on impulse diverted to see her Mum. The UK went into lockdown the next day.
#LoveInATimeOfCorona #LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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Living on a boat is interesting in lockdown. Especially when people are walking past you less than a metre away all day. Palm ma and @LiamFrankBergin is making the most of it doing yoga classes on Instagram.
#LoveInATimeOfCorona #LoveInATimeOfIsolation

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pD6JOnMaj/?igshid=13j92wihla8zw

Nick is one of those mates I drop a message to every 18 months & it feels like we’re mid-conversation. He spoke about how hard it is being a school teacher on zoom & holding the space the kids need. And how much he loves his family. #LoveInATimeOfIsolation
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qBGQFnDiI/?igshid=oqemk6gwp0kb

In case you’re worried I’m getting too close to people, I hope this little set shoes that my zoom is just really deceptive.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

Nia is feeling a bit upset that she thinks no one can see her rainbow because her flat is up so high and it’s quite small, so I thought maybe you’d like to tell her how good her colouring in is.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #Hackney

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_tw6AWHWxg/?igshid=1nolr6a3n522l

This is the first lot to go all out when I asked them to bring something they loved to the doorstep. We have the supply of compost I am envious of, plants, vinyl, basketball, and of course, wine.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #Hackney

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The kids take it in turns to do Ann’e shopping but Nick does most of the cooking. He takes a photo of what their Mum is going to eat before delivering it and pops it on whattsapp for the sisters to judge.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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Omar’s 13th birthday was filled with a treasure hunt around his house and 13 prizes. Leo and Layla love their party hats, but they are not 13.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona
#DoorstepPortraits

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Anyone who’s worked on the festival or independent music scene over the last 20 yrs has a story about @djchristofu. Artist pusher, hummus scoffer & @ShangrilaGlasto rabble rouser. Now he’s loving DJing at home. #LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0anr0HVeQ/?igshid=qad7mrkquzv4

“In the middle of an argument the other day, she shouted ‘I think this is normal. I think most couples are arguing right now.’ And we both burst out laughing.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #DoorstepPortraits #London

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Richard reminds me what an a privilege it is to be finding staying at home irritating. Every time he (or his parents) complain about how hard it is, he slaps it away with “You’re not Anne Frank, darling.”

#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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Annais and I discussed making the caption to these photos her coming out pictures, but we realised, much to our disappointment, that her Mum has known she’s queer for years. Which was inconvenient.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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I popped by to wish @LissyLovett a happy birthday and she peered over her balcony and told me I was not quite the Romeo she had anticipated.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #London

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I’m trying to get folk to talk about what they love in lockdown, but @Stephenwalrond is bored. He’s watched too many films, played too many computer games, read too many books. He‘s missing variety. It’s got so bad he’s going to make a sourdough starter.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_8P2Hbn1ns/?igshid=1fm7234hez35k

It was the first time the kids had been out of the flat all day and they definitely were not interested in posing for a photo with me, so this one turned into a little video.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimrOfCorona #AcrobatsStuckAtHome

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_9UYMBHF29/?igshid=1oh3yur9o8ta

I worked with @lalalooms on @EvenWhenIFall a complicated, beautiful, heart wrenching & inspiring film. If you’re looking for things to watch, this is a human story in all of its complexity. She is loving time with her books.
#LoveInATimeofIsolation

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Roxanne has a dog in her house which has been using lockdown to throughly embed it’s attachment issues. It was really confused she was was sat on the step talking to me when she should have been inside scratching his belly.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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On my cycle I ran into Luzmira who I have not seen in ages. It was such a joy to see her. She is loving how people are connecting in these strange times. Her son is loving not going to school.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #loveInATimeOfCorona

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I felt bad about only doing @KingKreol and @WanjiKelbert’s pictures before so I stopped off to get pictures of the whole household. They are loving building their garden and communal dinner time. #LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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There is a buddhist term called “the oneness of self and environment” and Kelvin has been loving using this time to dig deep and try and open his heart and support the community more.
#LoveInATimeOfCorona #LoveInATimeOfIsolation

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAEDqGTnclP/?igshid=fb2ijcy5s01f

“We’re loving spontaneous midnight raves and dressing up and lots of communal dinners.” Lockdown in a warehouse has its own unique benefits and its own unique quarantine families.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #Hackney #London

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“I’m ok, the kids are ok, the grandkids are ok. I’m grateful.” Cynthia is spending more time outside with nature and more time inside gardening her dreams for the future.
#LoveInaTimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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I found it both beautiful and heartbreaking that Narelle brought her Mum to her #DoorstepPortrait. “Don’t show my wrinkles. Though at 71 I think I’m allowed them.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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This was not exactly the 20th Rooben had planned, but his Mum and Dad having party hats at the ready helped.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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Garfield, @andisn16 and @miquitaoliver are loving slowing down, food, skipping and each other. Scout the dog does not think my photo project is the slightest bit interesting.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAMv7MknSVG/?igshid=1p4kys5uplsk1

Dan and Tashi bought their flat a year ago when she was heavily pregnant and they are loving having time in lockdown to finally build their home and watch Charlotte grow.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQAKRiHkqW/?igshid=1nc8w5jbi6h1w

The phrase I’ve heard most over the last few weeks both doing this project and getting groceries for my neighbours is “Hang on a minute. I can’t find my keys.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona #LetterboxPortraits

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQlCpPngYH/?igshid=1d3emyazwz7f6

I took lots of pictures of Sheryl laughing her head off but she didn’t love those as much as the serious ones. I’ve rarely not loved photos of people laughing. Apart from probably of me.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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You know when a circus artist asks if something is a bit too much you’re in for something good. I loved taking these pictures of @circusK so much. We had an absolute blast. Mundane housework, but make it sexy.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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I cycled past this little reading squirrel and had to ask if it was ok to take their picture for this project. Denise is loving time with her granddaughter as both of her parents are key workers. Myah is loving quiet time to read.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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Candia loves her front door. She said, ironically, one of the main things she missed in lock down was that feeling of seeing it as she was coming home. Now home feels different.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeofCorona

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@LeilaGJones is loving having a moment to pause and see what a different world could look like without all those things we told ourselves would never change.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXUGV4npDa/?igshid=16lrsqsp8f0if

I was just about to take a picture of someone on their doorstep when I noticed this trio trying to get selfies. When I heard one say “I can’t get the angle right” I had to go over and ask if they wanted to be part of my project.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation

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Kate is loving sewing. Laurie is loving robots. And Rosie is loving the moment in the Wizard of Oz where the horse changes colours in the emerald city.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZrtERHNsA/?igshid=51m0x9kq8h6y

Guen has been watching people in the Mutual Aid groups taking on so much they burn out. “They don’t have to burn out. That’s just replicating what we’re trying to change.”
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbSJ92HEpg/?igshid=z1q5l4tgvfk7

Liz saw that I was doing and asked me to go and take photos of her family. Her dad used to be my music teacher when I was a kid. I haven’t seen her for 20 years.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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Miele is loving chanting and running having time for self care. I was loving the whole colour scheme.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeofCorona

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Josie is loving the Mutual Aid group on her street showing what things could be possible. Claire is loving five minutes off marking homework. The kids are enjoying being leaping lions.
#LoveInATimeOfIsolation #LoveInATimeOfCorona

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