Artist Statement: The title of my piece would be, The difficult time. I named it this because I know it has been hard on all of us that this happened . For some people, they have never experienced something this disruptive before in their life. My photos connect to the pandemic because they really show what changes have been made to our lives and we continue to try to find a new normal in the face of the pandemic. Some people are dealing with it better than others and most importantly the impact on our daily lives. A couple reasons why I chose to do the photos is because I feel like photos really capture what the human eye sees everyday in this pandemic world. I feel like photos can capture a story without a bunch of words in this difficult situation. My inspiration was what humans see almost every day and the drastic change caused by the pandemic. The impact in how we move about our neighborhoods and the restrictions the pandemic has taken on the economy. A couple things I hope my audience will get out of seeing my pictures are even though the pandemic is a crazy time, there are still some good things that come out of it. Like the time to slow down and enjoy the simple things again. Also I hope they can relate to seeing some of the images from their daily lives and know that they are not alone. Someone out there is probably feeling the same way you are right now and just capture the beauty in the photos even though this is a scary time.