Judging by the supermarket shelves, there are currently at least 4.5 packs of toilet paper and probably around 10 packs of pasta in every German household. Much more than we need “to survive”. So how about using a small amount of these precious goods to surprise our heroines in everyday life, our mothers and fathers with some homemade goods for Mo-/Father's Day.
The following series is a parody of the insane hamster purchases, a tribute to all the mothers and fathers out there and a self-experiment in terms of product and still-life photography.
PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND INDUCEMENT
In times of domestic isolation, we inevitably deal with ourselves again. This is great and exhausting at the same time and has finally caused me to do more handicrafts, among other things.
Since I can remember I have always enjoyed building something with my hands, but in recent years I have taken less and less time for it.
During the meditative work away from the constant deflection on the screen, I analyzed the whole situation and asked myself a lot of questions.
On the one hand, I was wondering how I should continue as a people and lifestyle photographer in the upcoming months. Almost all of the shootings and events have been canceled and I have to get creative and see what I can do for a living.
Furthermore I kept asking myself what motivates people to make insane hamster purchases and what it means to be a mom in the current situation, taking care of your child 24/7 in addition to the prevailing uncertainty.
Lack of understanding and respect, along with a large portion of drive, finally brought me to the idea of combining all these thoughts together and starting the Mother’s Day series.
I finished this series as part of the PandemicHealingArts scholarship.