Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Photography and Moving images
Photographs created by Travis Carr as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photographs document the Masks for Docs local campaign and social distanced visits to the store and the Easter bunny
Project files, video, and photographs documenting the Asian American fundraiser event "Celebration of Love: A Civic Fundraiser for COVID-19." The event was performed online on May 2. The musical performances in the concert featured six locally and internationally known South Asian-American vocalists and musicians - Babna Karim, Raka Bhaduri, Argha Guha, Chandan Zaman Ali, Pooja Paul Choudhury, Shubhro Banerjee, Reshmi Chowdhury. In this difficult time, the concert aimed to give a soothing musical experience, while raising funds for low income Asian Americans in Central Texas as well as the underprivileged people in Bangladesh. Reshmi Chowdhury organized and hosted the fundraiser, which was acknowledged by the Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) Commission and is being archived by the Austin History Center. KOOP aired the music program that aimed to uplift the community spirit and to encourage local artists, without the fundraising content.
2020
Photographs created by Jason Essau documenting life during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Photographs depict cooking at home, airport signage, food delivery, and emergency preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Photograph created by Ashley Fisher as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Image of children at home during the COVID-19 pandemic: one is reading at the table, and the other is dancing on the kitchen counter
Images from a day at Ghisallo headquarters during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
Photographs donated by Jennifer Gilligan as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Images depict the Gilligan wedding. "From being each other’s “one that got away,” to long distance dating, to moving to TX from two states, to now- the pandemic... nothing could keep us from marrying each other! It was stressful and emotional after every CDC announcement on gathering restrictions. When for months our wheels had been on wedding-planning-mode, it’s hard to step back and have a reality check that there’s a pandemic happening. Thank goodness for the magical and positive attitudes of our family and friends! We are so grateful that we’re safe, will still be able to have the wedding we had been planning later in the year (hopefully), and can laugh about how we had a wedding during the pandemic of 2020! It was such an honor to be married by my Dad in my parents living room (gorgeously decorated by my Mom) and had our immediate family watching Live through Facebook. Toasts were made via FaceTime and our amazing photographer @addisonstudios captured all the intimate DIY details! It’s not what we had originally planned, but we’re so happy that we can now call each other husband and wife! Thank you for this opportunity to share our Pandemic story! Love, Jennifer & Kevin Gilligan"
2020
Photographs donated by Emmett and Meghen Hiller as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pic Collage video documenting family life during the COVID-19 pandemic for the Howell family in Austin, Texas. Statistical data is also presented showing the fast spread of the coronavirus in the early months of 2020.
Photographs and moving images donated by local Austin residents as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photographs and videos created by the Moya family documenting life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas. "A couple of Zoom happy hours and an Austin Police Department drive-by happy birthday parade for a neighbor, but primarily a series of photos of all the ways I tried to occupy a 2 year old during the strictest part of quarantine during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Lots of neighborhood activities and building our COVIDtory garden."
Location: Branch Park in the neighborhood of Mueller. Austin, Texas. Project Description: "These images represent the beauty and strangeness we currently see in the world. As Easter falls upon us, the life cycle of spring presses on while be band together in isolation to prevent unnecessary loss of life. We make masks. We wash our hands relentlessly. We go outside once a day but avoid contact with anyone outside our isolation pods. We try to find the beauty in everyday that passes during this strange time. All images were made by me, the photographer, Matt Munson, while also wearing a mask and never getting closer to the subjects than 10 feet."
Photographs created by Emily Murphy depicting family and home life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
Shane Reilly, an Austin-based artist, began sticking flags in his front yard in May 2020 to honor each Texan lost to the virus. He started the project as a way to encourage his neighbors to pay attention to the seriousness of the pandemic. The installation eventually became an impromptu memorial — and people began traveling from around the city to see it up close. Many flags contain handwritten notes from loved ones of the deceased. Reilly left a sharpie out in his yard so people could write messages. He says some people have also shown up with their own flags. By December of 2020, Texas had lost more than 24,000 people to COVID-19, second only to New York, where more than 35,000 have died. Reilly's planted more than 20,000 flags so far. He’s still going, trying to keep up. A hand-painted sign above the flags notes how many Texans have been lost to the disease. After March of 2021, Reilly took down the memorial flags, sending some to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and donating others to the Austin History Center for long term preservation so that we can remember the pandemic and the many lives lost.
Video of Semente and Krystopher performing at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dancer Semente performing at home while Krystopher plays a djembe drum. Semente is an multi-media, artist, writer, educator, model, dancer, and actor originally from São Paulo, Brazil, currently based in Austin, Texas.
Photographs taken by Sharon Shelton documenting her neighborhood and community during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021.
2020
Photographs of Austin, Texas street scenes taken by William Sicaras during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Video donated by Cindy Verheyden as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Round Rock New Neighbors is excited to submit a slideshow review of the year 2020 at RRNN. Our social club of mostly retired ladies from Round Rock and surround communities is a vibrant organization that offers many activities including a monthly luncheon [September through May], large coffee gatherings and a number of interest groups offering games and other activities. The organization was established in 1978. While the year 2020 started out just like any year does, our club – like the rest of our world – had to adapt to a serious situation [COVID-19] that suddenly halted all our plans and activities beginning in March, after our regular luncheon. The slideshow submitted, Auld Lang Syne, shows how our organization and its sub-groups found ways to continue our social connections and maintain our distance. Smaller gatherings, outdoor activities and video meetings became the “new normal”. We had to wear masks rather than name tags. And we had to check on each other to make sure everyone was doing all right. Our weekly news digest became our lifeline, providing reports on members’ health, messages from our president, updates telling how we continued to provide support to our communities, and photos of our activities from 2019 – reminders of the fun we “used to have”. Auld Lang Syne was included in the last news digest as a review of 2020 and all the sacrifices the year demanded."
