14/05/2020
Lockdown London prints /
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As part of the initiative to support myself and other artists during the Covid-19 crisis I'm offering archival-quality prints from this series for £45 for a limited time.
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The evening the lockdown was announced, I was cycling through an already deserted London astonished to experience the city like I had never seen it in the 20 years I have been living here. I decided that taking the camera on my nightly cycling excursions – my chosen form of daily exercise – was a safe way to document our city without endangering myself or others.
Like many others I felt compelled to document the lack of crowds in usually crowded locations. But looking at the images I have made over these last weeks, I feel these photos are less about the lack of human presence and rather about the stillness of a city that’s being allowed a breather to reveal a beauty that normally goes unnoticed.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists around the world have found themselves without work, teaching, technical support, gallery work, exhibitions and sales have disappeared. In an attempt to help alleviate some of this stress has instigated the
The concept is a simple one. You post images of your work to sell for no more than $200 (£200, €200, ¥20000) each (not including shipping.) Anyone can then buy the work. Every time you reach $1000 of sales you pledge to buy another artist's work for $200.
Repost and tell your friends, colleagues and collectors. Stay well and live generously.
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For prints, or just to have a look at the images, head to
https://www.enkelmann.co.uk/artist-suppot-pledge