Quarantine photo contest captures the new reality of daily life in Merida
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Merida, Yucatan — The municipal department of culture challenged residents to capture the quarantine with photography, and numerous stunning images came pouring in.
Twenty photographers won 3,000 pesos after they were vetted by a jury of professional artists.
The quiet desperation of life under a coronavirus lockdown was communicated in color and black and white, two categories which were judged separately.
The best photos showed mundane moments. The camera’s lens found young children keeping cool in a kiddie pool, or peering out the window. A Maya woman receives hand gel, or is fitted with a face mask.
The diverse entries have a common thread: everyday people enduring the tedium of avoiding other people.
Lee Steele is the founding director of Mérida-based Roof Cat Media S de RL de CV and has published Yucatán Magazine and other titles since 2012. He was Hearst Connecticut’s Sunday Magazine creative director and worked in New York City for various magazine publishers, including Condé Nast and Primedia, for over 20 years.
