The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted lives across the globe, hindering opportunity, enforcing isolation and severing ties between communities. News headlines reveal dangers to the elderly, frustrations of working from home and the struggles of keyworkers maintaining vital services, but what of the so-called ‘Covid generation’, teenagers ayoung people trying to find their way in this unprecedented time?
Through Our Lens is a project featuring photographs made by a group of diverse young people from the Bradford District during the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with artist Carolyn Mendelsohn, who quickly responded to the critical need for community, collaboration and skill development during the first national lockdown, over 100 young people have taken part in the project.
First published January 2022 to coincide with the exhibition 'Through Our Lens: Growing up with Covid-19' at Impressions Gallery, Bradford | Images © Through Our Lens participants, text © Impressions Gallery
