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  2020-05-12

  Liminal

  When trying to remember the year, I think of the last few weeks before we left. There was something in the air that made this semester — this particular semester — feel like the end. And so, maybe we laughed harder and louder than we did before. And we cried so much more and we tried to do what we could to enjoy ourselves — to hold onto what we had left. And we had dance parties and dinner parties that made us feel alive and supported — no one was alone. Although we’ll be back at some point, it will feel like starting over again. And maybe that’s good, maybe that’s necessary. And maybe we’ll come back and say, “Hey, it’s nice to meet ya! My name is ...” because things have changed. We all will have changed. But maybe, just maybe, it will be better than before.
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  2020-05-12

  Sequestration

  The intention of my short film “Sequestration” is to serve as an atmospheric piece that reflects the fears of our current reality. I aimed to achieve a sense of uneasiness in this film through the audio and visuals captured in my own neighborhood in South Florida. The unusual emptiness resulting from the circumstances of COVID-19 inspired me to play off of the themes of loneliness and isolation when capturing footage. Despite the dark nature of this film, I really enjoyed making it and it served as a great stress reliever amidst the coronavirus pandemic. I think it is important to take advantage of the therapeutic effects that creating art can offer us in these difficult times.
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  2020-05-12

  Remnants of Normalcy

  When quarantining started, I had mixed feelings about not attending school or work, not seeing my small circle of friends, and not getting to take mini explorations out in the city. I'm an introvert who dies to get out of the house. The house I've lived in for my entire life has brimmed with tension and toxicity in recent years. Outside is where I've found my peace and my place in the world. School is my space to grow as an artist, to tap into my capabilities, and to be - or at least find - myself. My job is my step into independence and my career as a filmmaker. My friends are my soul connections, they breathe life into me with their jokes and smiles. My lone adventures around New York City remind me that the world is enormous, full of energy and life, and I can end up wherever I choose. These elements of my life give me the confidence and hope I need for the future. I appreciate these moments dearly. This short film speaks to all of that.
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  2020-05-12

  News From Inside

  A story about what’s home, about what the feelings of a home are for me. Two very different spaces that were protagonist in my own personal journey through the pandemic. A film diary, an intimate account of what now are images of memories that don’t even feel real.
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  2020-05-12

  This Is Not Normal

  A meditation on the uncertainty and absurdity of the pandemic through the eyes of a college senior.
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  2020-05-15

  Dawn

  I can't sleep past 5:30 these mornings. So I roam my house in the quietude, waiting for the sun to come up and animate the static space. Like many artist I'm trying to use my living space (which I'm fortunate to have) as studio, set, character.
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  Six Feet Or More

  Walking through Brooklyn Bridge Park I tried to stay as far away from other people as I could. This woman and I did a sort of dance; each avoiding each other. Finally we both ended up on the water
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  2020-04-01

  Chinatown, NYC April 1, 2020 7:37 AM

  I drove over one morning to shoot a final roll of 120 film before dropping off 10 rolls at my newly re opened lab. I kept trying to photograph absence. It's gone from one of the densely populated areas of NYC to one of the most vacuous.
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  2020-03-28

  Trash Can

  Each day during the height of the horror of living in the epicenter I'd allow myself 1 walk, strategically timed to avoid as many people as possible. No matter how abstract the imagery the pandemic seems to intrude, in this photograph in the from of an out of focus figure in a mask.
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  05/01/2020

  Daily Brooklyn Walk #4

  Fox, a flag and a facemask. *#fordhamuniversity
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  04/22/2020

  Daily Brooklyn Walk #3

  An Earth Day walk; a shuttered movie theatre marquee and a cabbage *#fordhamuniversity
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  2020-04-13

  Daily Walk #2

  Walking by the Gowanus canal I came upon these empty soy and fish sauce bottles. It was as if people had been drinking them during their lunch hour. Or emptying bottles before fleeing the city. And who would drink soy sauce anyway? 512 people died in NY State that day.
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  2020-04-07

  Daily Brooklyn Walk #1

  A hopeful graffito on a day 564 people in NYC died of COVID
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  2020-04-17

  6,615,000

  From the NYTimes print edition 4.17.20 #FordhamUniversity
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  2020-04-03

  1 Year

  This is a response to "A 20 Second Project" (started by Noa Street-Sachs) where she asked people from Minneapolis to Amman Jordan to answer the following question in 20 seconds: 1) Think about 1 year from now. What is a custom/practice/way of interacting that you think may change as a result of this crisis?
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  2020-03-13

  March 13, 2020

  A walk on Friday the 13th. I shot out a roll of photographs on a loaded camera I found around the house. I'd never used the camera before and was unfamiliar with the 2 1/4 inch square negative format. I was able to bike into Manhattan and have this single roll of film processed and scanned at a lab, but now that it's closed I have rolls piling up. My aim is to shoot a single 12 exposure roll during each day of shelter in place.