This photographer captures otherworldly destinations via Google Street: View
, the list goes on. On top of that, it seems like there won’t be much travelling happening any time soon either. Thousands of flights are grounded, while tourists in many countries will have to self-isolate for two weeks after landing in a new location. Not a particularly inviting prospect. And while skipping a year of travel isn't the end of the world , it does mean we're in need of a little escapism.
London artist Jacqui Kenny knows escapism. She's been travelling to the far corners of the world without ever leaving the comfort of her sofa since way before lockdown. For over ten years now Jacqui has suffered from agoraphobia, a condition commonly understood as a fear of entering open and crowded places. For Jacqui it means she is afraid of losing control -- to get an anxiety attack while being surrounded by people and not being able to get home.
But that’s unlikely to be any time soon -- at least, not so long as the almost worldwide lockdown continues. It’s been odd for Jacqui to see people deal with the kind of restrictions that she's been under for a full decade due to her agoraphobia."While of course it’s different,” she says, “I can empathise with the frustration of not being able to travel far from home, and the feeling of being disconnected from the world. It can be incredibly hard and lonely.
Using Street View to shoot has given Jacqui a zoomed-out look at the world, she says:"It was so easy to spot similarities from one place to the next and it made me realise just how connected we really are. It reminded me of how astronauts feel when they see earth from space. They get a shift of awareness; a sense of the bigger picture."
She concludes that it will be interesting to see what remains and evolves after our restrictions are lifted, and what lasting impact these new explorations could have on image-making."When artists started using Street View in the early days of the platform, most people didn’t consider it photography and it caused a lot of passionate debate," she says.
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