Erin's Story: One Year, One Family, One Pandemic
46 images Created 2 Nov 2021
I began photographing Erin and her family in March, 2020 days after Los Angeles went to lockdown for the Covid-19 pandemic. Like so many others, their lives were severely disrupted.
This is their story in photos presented in chronological order.
Erin, who was set to buy a house with her boyfriend so they could put their families together under one roof, saw that abruptly come to a halt early in the pandemic after she was laid-off for the first time in her life only months into the crisis. Her two kids were suddenly attending school on Zoom from their small, suburban home while she looked for a new job and took on the added responsibilities of teaching and managing their daily lives at home.
Through at-home graduations in June 2020 to clandestine summer get togethers during lockdown to dashed hopes of schools reopening, Zoom fatigue and quiet holidays, 2021 brought renewed hope. Erin had found a new job and was back at work, the kids began to hear of possible school openings and Erin sold her home and prepared to restart her life where it had left off a year earlier.
What a year it's been.
Photos © Todd Bigelow/Contact Press Images.
Please contact LicensingCompliance@ToddBigelowPhotography.com with you licensing requests. All images available in color. Images registered with the United States Copyright Office. ©Todd Bigelow
This is their story in photos presented in chronological order.
Erin, who was set to buy a house with her boyfriend so they could put their families together under one roof, saw that abruptly come to a halt early in the pandemic after she was laid-off for the first time in her life only months into the crisis. Her two kids were suddenly attending school on Zoom from their small, suburban home while she looked for a new job and took on the added responsibilities of teaching and managing their daily lives at home.
Through at-home graduations in June 2020 to clandestine summer get togethers during lockdown to dashed hopes of schools reopening, Zoom fatigue and quiet holidays, 2021 brought renewed hope. Erin had found a new job and was back at work, the kids began to hear of possible school openings and Erin sold her home and prepared to restart her life where it had left off a year earlier.
What a year it's been.
Photos © Todd Bigelow/Contact Press Images.
Please contact LicensingCompliance@ToddBigelowPhotography.com with you licensing requests. All images available in color. Images registered with the United States Copyright Office. ©Todd Bigelow
