Archive: a 2020 lockdown photography project. This report follows Buxton Museum and Art Gallery’s 2020 account.

Buxton Museum and Art Gallery received £22,500 from Arts Council England’s National Lottery-funded Emergency Response Fund to support local artists and performers in making work responding to the pandemic and developing digital skills.

A woman resting her chin on her hand and looking into a mirror
Lockdown Frustration by Désirée Lander, Chapel Camera Club.

Chapel Camera Club was among the groups supported. Its members worked remotely with portrait photographer Emma Finch and created Living Through Lockdown, a book of photographs and personal reflections.

A portrait of a man with a fist held across his mouth
Desperate in a Surreal World by Steve Claye, Chapel Camera Club.

According to the book’s publisher, the project was made in summer 2020 and records the experiences of 30 people in rural Derbyshire.

A person knitting with dark wool wrapped around their head
Woolly Head by Caroline Claye, Chapel Camera Club.

See the book’s Blurb page for a preview and current ordering details. The museum’s 2020 account also mentioned a PDF edition; contact the club for current availability.