Conceptual Images Related To The Impact Of COVID-19

A couple of months ago, I wanted to create some conceptual images to capture the emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic then was still new, scary, and, in a way, exciting. Now it is only frightening.

How do people cope?

Do they cope?

I did not want to focus on the apparent pictures of people wearing face masks and social distancing (or not). I wanted to show the hidden anxieties and fears the pandemic triggers, a more conceptual approach to the 2020 pandemic's impact on people's minds.

That is how I came up with this set of five images that each link to a specific set of behaviors triggered by the pandemic.

The Anxiety triggered by the unknown;

The Separation from other people in daily life;

The Search for meaning;

The quest for an Escape;

And, unfortunately, the Wrong Exit all these thoughts and anxieties possibly could drive to.

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1-800-273-8255

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