Goretti Pereira

As My World Shrinks

Smartphone Photography, 600 x 800 mm, 2020.

As the days turned into weeks, it seemed the world as I knew it was coming to a standstill. I was feeling trapped both physically and emotionally, and by the end of each day I was totally exhausted and lacked any inspiration. But somehow as time went by, I learnt to adapt.

As a photographer I was forced to explore my immediate surroundings, developing a new appreciation for mundane and ordinary things.

Being confined to small spaces, while at the same time looking for every opportunity for an escape, played on my mind constantly. This new shrinking world shifted my perspective allowing me to reflect my experience in a more abstract way.

This art piece was created during the period of lockdown in 2020, using a mobile phone. The camera is a tool that is capable of capturing vision and emotion, and this image reflects mine as my world shrinks