The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition
©Kyle Jeffers, Stay Inn, Toronto, Canada
Happy April Fool’s Day! Let me start off by saying a huge THANK YOU to the participating photographers from all over the globe, each of whom shared a little bit about themselves during this profound moment in history. There were hundreds and hundreds of submissions and as I uploaded each one, I thought about your life and world. And though I corresponded only briefly with each of you, I was comforted by the connection to the greater whole as I have been in quarantine for almost three weeks. There are seven parts to this post so keep going until you get to the end. Pour yourself a big glass of wine or a big mug of coffee and enjoy the collected experience of The 2020 Lenscratch Self-Quarantining Exhibition…and share widely! Be safe out there. See you on the other side. – Aline Smithson
©Guillaume Tomasi, Untitled, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC @guitouxx
©Jane Fulton Alt, Self Portrait, 2017, Holsnoy, Norway
©Evy Huppert, Social Distancing, Ossabaw , GA @evy_huppert
©Joni Sternbach, Untitled from the series “Something Between The Two of Them”, 1983, Brooklyn NY
© JP Terlizzi, Entrap, Lincolnville, ME
©Rick Gayle, Socially Distant, Phoenix, AZ @rickgaylefineartphotography
©Hope Zimmermann, Social Distance, Waukesha, WI
©Anne Berry, Marsh Cottage, Cumberland Island, GA
©William Mark Sommer, Quiet, Sacramento, CA
©Jere Lehtonen, Social Distancing, Helsinki, Finland
©Dale Niles, How Much Longer?, Palmeto, GA @daleniles
©Eliot Crowley, Isolation, Sayner WI
© Donna Garcia, The Watcher, New York, New York @donnagarcia23
©Kevin Moore, Untitled, Brookline, MA, i@_kevinbennett
©Olga Tzimou, Athens, Greece
©Lori Sokolowski, Curtained, San Diego, CA
©Matt Roberts; Me, Myself & I – Alone Together; Montclair, NJ
©Lisa Beard, ELearning, Woodstock, IL @lisabeard_art_and_photography
©Liliana Guzman, Home Again, Richmond, IN @lilinessy
©Larry Chait, Untitled, Chicago, IL @larrychaitphotoart
©Christos J. Palios, Mellow Yello 1558, Athens, Greece
©Alina Trifan, A New World Outside The Window, Vigodarzere (PD), Italy @_alinatrifan/
©Romina Rivadeneira, Empty, Atlanta, Georgia
©Adam Thorman, Jay and Katie, Oakland, CA
©Martha Ketterer, Self Portrait-Inside Looking Out, San Francisco, Ca
©Karey Walter, “West Home”, Ossabaw Island, GA 2020
©Ashley Kauschinger, Spying, Denton, TX @ashleykauschinger
©Denise M. Riggs, Self-Quarantined, New York, NY @denisemriggs
©Bryan Regan, Alone, Raleigh, NC
©Andrea Castillo, Terabitia, Antigua Guatemala, GUA
©Fritz Liedtke, Katie, Boise, ID
©Kristine Heykants, Motel Room, Minneapolis, MN, @msheykants
©Susan Rosenberg Jones, Coronavirus Diary: Joel, New York City, NY @susanrosenbergjones/
© Jason Freeman, empty bystanders ii, Rockland, ME
©J.M.Valdivia, Confined to the Hallow Trunk of a Tree , Hillsborough River State Park, FL ,@SafeLightDarkRoom
©Matthew Finley, Alone, Los Angeles, CA
©Rangga Yudhistira, Resting, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
©Laura. Buenos aires, Argentina, AR
©Margaret Liang, Untitled (Day 4 of Quarantine), Chicago, IL
©Aldebarán Solares, Untitled from the series Hard to tell exactly what this is, Mexico City, Mexico.
©Christian Savini, Isolated, Holly Springs, NC
©Pablo Chaco, Blindness, Cali, Colombia
©Stan Banos, Solo, San Francisco, CA
©Mark Joste, Isolation, Belle Tout, Sussex, UK @jostie
© Clay Lipsky , self-quarantine, Los Angeles, CA
©Paul Morris, Another Place, Crosby, England
©Bootsy Holler, Deadman Cove, San Juan Island,WA.
©Michaela Nagyidaiová, At home in exile, My flat in East London
©Rhombie Sandoval, Lael among the sage, Paonia, Colorado
©2020 Mark F. O’Brien, Social Distancing, Asheville, NC
©Constance Thalken, Dark, Atlanta, GA
© Jeremy Freedman, Quarantined, New York, NY
©Harvey Hanig, Dawns Another Day Of Isolation, North Aurora, IL living room window
©Sam Grabowska, Hibernaculum N, Denver, CO
©Carla Pohl, Diary – Day 1, Berlin, Germany
©Kimberly Jones, Blurred Lines, San Antonio, TX
© Dafna Steinberg Untitled (Pink Cake), McLean, VA
©Megan Hansen, Quarantine Communication, Ellensburg, WA
©Kristin Kempa, Our Lady of Perpetual Disinfectant, New York, NY
©Joanna Musiał, “Antibacterial gel DIY”, home, Cracow, Poland
© Rachel Fein-Smolinski, Binocular Disparity besides a Clinical Photograph taken in 1936 from The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at University of Rochester Medical Center reproduced with permission by the artist in 2019, Urbana, IL
©Chloe Mosbacher, Alone, Yucca Valley, CA
©Khamaron Milian, Online, Saint Cloud, FL
©Jordyn Vondruska, Loneliness is Brutal, Ellensburg, Washington
© Brian Schmeltzer, “Get Out of Bed, Brian”, Savannah, GA @brian.schmeltzer
©Cali M. Banks, Ask the Body, Boulder, CO
©Erick Guzman, “Emerald Necklace Conservancy, MA”, Boston, MA @erickg94
©Jake Eshelman, Cat Nap, Houston, TX
©Susan Licht, Meal Planning, Northborough, MA
© Mariana Kamburova, Home School, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
©Clare Welsh, With Wolves, Pittsburgh, PA @clarewelsh
©Danielle L Goldstein, Alone, New York, NY
© Natasha Rudenko, Self-Isolation, Los Angeles, CA @nata_of amber
©John DuBois, Repose, New York, NY @johnpdubois
© Tom Ferrara, Self Contained Urban Breathing Apparatus, New York, NY
Posts on Lenscratch may not be reproduced without the permission of the Lenscratch staff and the photographer.
Recommended
-
2025 What I’m Thankful For ExhibitionNovember 27th, 2025
-
KELIY ANDERSON-STALEY: Wilderness No longer at the Edge of ThingsNovember 19th, 2025
-
The 2025 Ghosts, Goblins & Other Apparitions ExhibitionOctober 31st, 2025
-
Women by Women: Community & Inspiration | Part IIIOctober 17th, 2025

































































