Over the first half of 2021 I worked on a digital socially engaged project in my neighbourhood, Levenshulme, where I invited local residents to send me their thoughts and images relating to the past year and how Covid-19 was continuing to impact their lives.

I thought this could be something to do during the bleakest of winter lockdowns. What came back was incredible -

participants shared images and stories of joy, love, loss and everything in between. This was funded via an InterMEDS commission from Peshkar in Oldham and built on Levy Lockdown Portraits, the book I made the previous year. During and following the UK’s third national lockdown, participants sent me images and thoughts about what we were going through. I put together a zine featuring 36 people’s contributions which you can download here but there was still more to see, so I’ve pulled it all together into a website, Levy Lockdown Project. This features everything I was given during this period – from full on journals, to photos and sketches plus a few audio interviews. There are 42 people on there and my only role was as curator/facilitator.

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Levy Lockdown Portraits