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1/7/2021 |
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Highfield Hall & Gardens is pleased to announce
“Togetherness: The Front Steps Project” a photographic essay featuring families,
individuals, and businesses during the early weeks of the COVID-19 quarantine. The
seemingly simple formula of photographing individuals and sharing on social media
became much larger and more powerful as it brought friends and strangers together.
Falmouth-based photographer Lee Geishecker and local realtor Annie Hart Cool were
motivated to connect people during the lockdown. Lee and Annie reached out virtually to
people from the Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, and Mashpee communities to ask if they
would participate in an outdoor photography session. During the session, subjects were
asked to describe in one word what they were experiencing at that moment. Words such as
“fun, scary, surreal, fed-up, loss, inconceivable” and many more were expressed. Each
word or descriptor would eventually become a barometer of the emotional and
psychological mood of the subjects as they were photographed over 25 days in April and
May of this past year.
“Front Steps” documents people as young as 4 weeks and as old as 92, and represents the
diverse socioeconomic groups of the Upper Cape. Approximately 1000 faces and 100 pets
were captured from 245 households. The popular and accessible Facebook platform
where people often see their friends and familiar faces was used to post the daily
photographs. In organizing the exhibition in what is essentially Falmouth’s living room,
Highfield Hall will offer the community a different way to see its neighbors and to
witness the inventive ways people maintained their health and humor. Many months
have passed since the inception of the quarantine; it goes on still. And because people are
growing weary of COVID’s persistence and tenacity, taking a fresh look at the spirited
faces on view is a great reminder of how one community stayed “together” when society
at large seemed to be losing its rudder.
For a complete list of happenings visit www.highfieldhallandgardens.org
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Gallery Hours:
Highfield Hall will follow health safety protocols by restricting the number of people in
the gallery at one time.
Wednesday– Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
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