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Collected Item: “The Coolest Masks of San Francisco”

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The Coolest Masks of San Francisco

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

TikTok video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Photographer Alex Stemplewski created a TikTok video highlighting a photography project he started as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He approaches strangers wearing fashionable masks and asks to take their photograph. The result is a stunning time capsule of life during coronavirus.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

HST580, ASU, #sanfranciscobayarea, photographer, art, masks, public spaces

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Alex Stemplewski, @alex.stemp

Give this story a date.

2020-05-30
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