the uncanny melancholy of empty photographs in the time of coronavirus
- Written by Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
Over the last few weeks, photographs in the news and on social media have documented our behaviour in response to COVID-19.
Panic buying of pasta, rice and, surprisingly, toilet paper is represented in empty shelf after empty shelf.
That’s not all that is empty.
Images of empty public spaces – from the streets of Ginza, to soccer...