Just over 6 weeks into lockdown, I’m in desperate need of a creative outlet. Online there’s signs of other photographers feeling the same – one taking impressive pics of trainers from every angle, others raiding photo archives to keep that sense of connection, and there’s the worldwide ‘doorstep portraits’ idea. Wondering whether to offer the locals, but the news reports are as contradictory as the daily update – ‘What a heartwarming idea!’ then ’Photographers, stop. It breaks lockdown protocol’. 

Sigh. I thought once about taking my camera to Tesco for some tinned soup action – worked for Warhol, right?

Garden and daily walk snaps it is then.

In walks The ‘McQueen Creators’ campaign. Alexander McQueen have been running a weekly project for independent artists during isolation (with a chance to be featured on their social media channels). 

Last week’s campaign #McQueenNature for photographers – “taking inspiration from nature: now more than ever its beauty and ability to regenerate is a symbol of hope and quiet power”