FaceTime

A self-isolation virtual portrait project

The rapid spread of COVID-19 caused countries across the globe to get into lockdown in a bid to contain the virus. So I became stranded and was unable to return home. I am from Norway and they shut their borders in mid-March, way before the UK restrictions came into place. I couldn’t fly back to my mother’s place in Sri Lanka as she lives with her mother who is over the age of 80, who would probably be at risk if I go there. My father got trapped in Ghana when he went for a trip with his business partner. I do not have any family members or any closest friends to be go and be with in the UK. So I decided to stay back in the student accommodation I am currently living in.

As I am self isolating alone, it made me wonder how everyone else, especially the ones that are self isolating by themselves and/or away from their family are coping at the moment.

I am doing fine as I keep myself busy by doing things that I used to do such as gaming, cooking everyday, binge-watching new shows and trying to work out. But it also made me wonder how everyone else is, who are in the similar situation as I am, doing. So I reached out to my friends, acquaintances and complete strangers through FaceTime.