AdaptationFall 2022
Design / Documentation Photography
Dimensions: 8 x 8 in
Adaptation is a documentary photography book about a local grocery store during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book uses book cloth and two 1/8-inch metal covers, with a cutout of a mask on the back to symbolize a sterile environment.
The message wasn’t to capture the sadness we all felt during COVID — we already know that. Instead, it focused on how essential workers, like grocery store employees, had one major difference from non-essential workers: community. They still saw and worked with people every day.
This book also notes the strain these businesses faced, with more demand and emotional complexity. During such a complicated time, there was this strange mixture of fatigue and joy — that’s the emotion Adaptation tries to investigate.