Saffron Walden – Locked & Unlocked
£25.00
A photo-documentary of life during a pandemic time.
1st print run SOLD OUT.
2nd print run in Stock Now.
A photo-documentary of life during a pandemic time.
On Tuesday 23rd March 2020, the country went into a national lockdown as the Covid-19 virus swept around the world. Shortly after, a town clock stopped at 6:25, becoming a reminder that life as we knew it was on hold.
That year had begun much like any other for photojournalist and documentary photographer Celia Bartlett. She was pursuing her fourth photo-a-day series, with the chosen theme of Saffron Walden but within a few weeks freedom to travel was nationally restricted. Now confined within the boundary of her home town, her photo documentary series “Portrait of a North Essex Town” overnight became “Diary of a Town in Lockdown”.
Fourteen weeks later on 1st July 2020, the town clock was finally wound again, and at 2:40, time was called on The Great Pause. For a short while, life began to move forward until a second, then third lockdown was imposed, and time went on hold again.
Throughout these stop start months, Celia documented how, despite the restrictions, life continued and adapted in a locked and then unlocked Saffron Walden.
This book is her social documentary of the extraordinary years of 2020 and 2021.
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| Dimensions | 21.5 × 21.5 × 1.8 cm |
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andrew wilcocks –
A fantastic record of our lovely town during a pandemic time….it’s made me want to take up photography !
Julia Perry (verified owner) –
Following Celia’s wonderful Instagram account I’m familiar with the photos she’s posted since the start of the pandemic. To have them grouped together so beautifully in this book is a poignant reminder of the strange times we’ve been through. It’s a very enjoyable and thoughtfully put together record. Thank you Celia
Sam Chandler –
Congratulations Celia! It really is a wonderful book and I’m delighted to have a copy from the first print run. It’s an emotional look back on the lockdown in Saffron Walden and provides a wonderful aide memoire of a time that seemingly passed slowly and super fast at the same time. Beautiful and subtle documentary photography captures such an important and challenging time in our modern history.
Sarah Lewin –
A fabulous book that I will still enjoy flicking through in years to come. A great way to remember a fairly surreal part of our nations history and how it affected our lovely town.
B.Kenyon (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful book, funny , poignant and showing Saffron Walden going through lockdown, how businesses coped with the stress, and the people . Celias’ eye for detail is amazing. I keep going back to it as you see different details every time. A triumph!
Theresa Penfound –
Wonderful book which reminds us just how strange the last 2 years have been. Often came across Celia taking photos of the happenings of life in Saffron Walden and as a keen photographer myself new this would be a lovely book to own and provided me with a great Christmas present for 2 great friends that really loved the book. Well done Celia.
Janina Vigurs (verified owner) –
I am deeply humbled to have been a part of something so culturally important to our town. This is a beautiful piece of work that captures The Odd Time perfectly.
Thank you Celia.
Judith Sales (verified owner) –
Celia’s photographs of Saffron Walden during the lockdown are a fantastic documentary of the strange times we have lived through. It is a lovely book, which we will be able to enjoy for years to come and will help people in the future understand what it was like to function in a pandemic.
Sandra Dee (verified owner) –
I followed this talented lady on Instagram, not knowing who was behind the camera. Then one day I saw Celia in town, camera around neck and all clicked into place. Celia’s work perfectly captures the moment, as shown in her latest poignant documentary book. Brilliant.
Chris Banks (verified owner) –
A wonderful book capturing a strange time that we have been going through.
Caroline Phipps (verified owner) –
Congratulations Celia! A wonderful book capturing the strange times we’ve lived through over the last two years. It made me emotional looking through this but very grateful to have this photographic memoir for the future.
Hayley Doe (verified owner) –
I love this book. It contains a myriad of images of life in my home town taken during a most unusual year. These precious moments in time have been captured for future generations. Thank you Celia.
Dexter in Motion (verified owner) –
Loved this book. I think it’s really easy to get lost in our own little stories and forget that we’re part of a bigger narrative, part of a community, and this book was a reminder of that for me. The book serves as a memory, also. I’d completely forgotten about having to queue up to shop! Recommended.
Phil Liversage –
Very enjoyable book, great photography, lots of well known faces.