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Photography helps bridge the social distancing divide

  • 21 Apr 2020/
  • Posted By : luke kurtis/
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Rodger Kingston and his wife Carolyn are sheltering in place. “We’re doing well here,” he told me. “We’ve got systems arranged for such things as grocery shopping, going to the pharmacy, post office, bank, etc.” The Kingstons, both in their late 70s, take social distancing very seriously whether running errands or taking walks around their neighborhood in Belmont, Massachusetts. “We feel as if we had targets on our backs and are being very careful,” he said.

Rodger has been a photographer for over four decades. Throughout those years, he’s worked on numerous documentary projects. Given the nature of the coronavirus pandemic—and his need to be extremely vigilant due to his age and health status—he is not able to document what’s happening on the front lines of this war the way he once might have. But those now-systematic errand runs and socially-distanced neighborhood walks allow him to focus his lens in a more personal way.

“In many ways this is a strange project,” he says, “What there is for me to document is the quiet, almost silent restructuring of our world.”

Specialty Selections, Star Market, Cambridge, MA March 2020
Specialty Selections, Star Market, Cambridge, MA March 2020
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Poetry and public art in (not only) a time of pandemic

  • 18 Apr 2020/
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free poetry by Dudgrick Bevins
free poetry by Dudgrick Bevins

When I messaged fellow poet Dudgrick Bevins the other day, I told him I’ve been finding it difficult to move forward creatively during the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve been at home in lockdown mode for over a month and can count on one hand the number of times I’ve gone outside. You’d think that means I’m holed up, head down, writing poetry, and doing all the creative things I usually do. I’ve been doing a bit of that, yes. But, mostly, I’ve been at a standstill.

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Industrial Shadow

  • 09 Feb 2020/
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This shadow of infernal
machinery plastered against
brownish yellow brickwork
invokes the human silhouettes
burnt into sidewalks and walls
at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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New Paintings by Michael Tice

  • 25 Apr 2019/
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New work from Michael Tice, all created this year! His book Retrospective, which we published in 2013, celebrates the decades-long career of the artist. For more from Michael as he shares his work, follow his Instagram. And if you haven’t seen our Studio Visit video with him, be sure to check that out!

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