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5 Photographers Cope with Anxiety Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Ellyn Kail on January 8, 2021
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Lindokuhle’s birthday cake at his girlfriend’s home in Thokoza township, Johannesburg. June 2020. / Wellcome Trust
Lindokuhle visits his mother in Tsakane. They had to keep a distance apart, which they found really hard, and it emphasised the importance of closeness. She took solace in reading her Bible. May 2020. / Wellcome Trust
This spring, Lindokuhle Sobekwa turned twenty-five years old in lockdown. The photographer, who stayed with his girlfriend’s family in Johannesburg’s Thokoza township, was separated from his mother, sisters, and brother, making for a season peppered with worry and homesickness. When visiting his mother in Tsakane, he kept a social distance; in the other room, she found comfort in reading the Bible.