Earl Abrahams is a Johannesburg-based lens-based artist whose films and photographs animate the city’s streets until lockdown confined him to his apartment block.

Under strict restrictions he turned his camera into a window on the world, creating his Lockdown Series to reimagine confinement as a source of solace and invention.

‘Photography became my place of solace and kept me grounded at a time of uncertainty’ – listen to Earl’s inspiring story.

Earl Abrahams is a South African photographer and filmmaker whose practice investigates race, identity and social mobility through dynamic, movement-based imagery. His Lockdown Series documented life from his apartment block, earning global recognition and new income streams.

Explore Earl’s Lockdown Series and other work at his website – Lockdown Series and more at earl-abrahams.com.

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