Un Diagnosed

We tend to think of colonialism as an unstoppable wave, or a platoon of tanks moving smoothly across the plain, when in fact it is more like the trickle of an ever-multiplying virus through the arterial network.’  ~ Robert Moore: On Trails

These images were taken between the period of the first Prime Minister’s ‘stay at home’ speech on 16th March 2020 and his second ‘stay at home go to work’ speech on 10th May 2020. During this period the social restrictions were tightened, the death toll increased, the nation clapped for its NHS staff whilst PPEs were in short supply, testing for the virus was scant, there was no clear end in sight and the Prime Minister went into intensive care.