Life in a day, April 27 — Our pandemic lives

Life in a day - April 27

24 hours of Monday, April 27th.

40 photographers in six different countries each took an hour, and photographed what was happening. The photos run in chronological order, from midnight to midnight.

This is our version of a day in the global life of our pandemic lives.

(inspired by 24photography)

Midnight - Cleaning up from the day before. Wellington, NZ (© Caroline Bennett)

1.00 - A cold cup of tea, the book I’m currently reading and some miscellaneous items on my bedside table. Finishing a chapter even though I have a class in 7 hours. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (© Madeleine Kennedy)

1am - Watching interior design makeovers on YouTube to cure boredom and fend off lockdown insomnia! Churton Park, Wellington, NZ (© Lily Joiner)

2am - Panic reading, not because I haven't done the readings, but because I fear that in three weeks of not studying I have forgotten everything. Porirua, NZ (© Ilena Vunga)

2am - Unable to sleep. Playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite! takes my mind away from the pandemic. Bonbeach, Melbourne, Australia (© Michelle O'Toole

4am - Indoor and outdoor lights. North East Valley, Dunedin (© Bride Lang)

5am - Part of the morning routine is releasing the cats from the bathroom and feeding them. They sleep in there because otherwise they wake me up even earlier. Wellington, NZ (© Piper Biswell)

5am - Sutton Coldfield, UK (© Kate Hollingsworth)

6am - Check the day to see if anyone is there. Maupuia, Wellington, NZ (© Bryony Cunningham-Pow)

6am - Getting the coffee ready. Virum, Denmark (© Katrine Garn)

7am - Checking out the neighbourhood. Mount Victoria, Wellington, NZ (© Jack Alison)

7am - Stewart Street (photographed from the Highgate Bridge), is a central road in Dunedin's urban commute. But pandemic life is a chance to step back, and enjoy the view of the city, without distraction. Roslyn Village, Dunedin, NZ (© Bella Veitch)

8am - Catching sun rays. Brooklyn, Motueka (© Rebecca Sandlant

8am - The stack of books next to my bed I’d planned to read during isolation. Can confirm I have read 1 of these. Lower Hutt, NZ (© Kylie Collins)

9am - I started a journal just before the lockdown because apparently this experience is something I want to remember. Lower Hutt, NZ (© Anna McTaggart)

9am - Quarantine breakfast time - Mosgiel, NZ (© Nève Beens)

10am - My Alert Level 4 bubble consists of my partner, my cat Molly, and her 5-week old kittens. Rotarua, NZ (© Emily Hall)

10am - Taken on a walk from my family home. I noticed this Anzac tribute that I would argue represents what it means to be a kiwi and a Waikato kiwi at that. Waiuku, NZ (© Nick Whittaker)

11am - Box storage robot - I wanted to make a robot out of recycled boxes and the thing on top is its mohawk. Karori, NZ (© Ivy Gibson)

12 noon - Lunch: Piccalilli Soup and cheese on toast. Banana Ginger Loaf. Every day during lockdown I've been making an effort to make myself nice lunches, and to serve them nicely. I also share the photos on fb. it's a way of staying in touch and ma

1pm - Cloudy and dull here. Nothing going on. Roads deserted. Little Baddow, Essex, UK (© Lynda Bennett)

1pm - Time for a break. Let's bake. Our first lockdown shop took place when no nearby stores had bread of any kind. Since then I've been experimenting with different recipes. Ngaio, Wellington, NZ (© Hana Brammer)

2pm - I started making cookies this afternoon before we left to the supermarket. I went along to keep my 2 year old sister entertained, so we ended up having a teddy bear picnic in the car while we waited for Dad. Newlands, NZ (© Maisie Reweti-Gould)

2pm - Ayşe's home schooling. East Hanningfield, Essex, UK (© Kate Tokgöz)

3pm - I'm sewing scrubs for NHS and local care-workers. Isle of Wight, UK (© Erin Lashmar)

3pm - Some days I choose not to go out at all, not even to take the dog for its mandatory walk. He runs around in the backyard, while I tend to my plants. Karaka Bays, Wellington, NZ. (© Valeria Simcic)

4pm - Blowing off steam after a day of home-school. Kelvedon, Essex, UK (© Nicola Bennett)

5pm - Watching from the warmth. Misty is as sick as us of being cooped up, and is waiting for the rain to stop so she can get some freedom from her people. Porirua, NZ (© Miriam Hazeleger)

5pm - Helping out whilst Mummy does work; giving the two little ones a shower. East Hanningfield, Essex, UK (© Ayşe Tokgöz))

6pm - Dusk, Moehau Grove. We've had a couple of Grove gatherings during lockdown. My neighbours are part of my emergency response team should anything happen. Trentham, NZ (© Nancy Bramley-Thompson)

7pm - The yard has gone to sleep. Stirling, Scotland (© Melanie Dembinsky)

7pm - Bea, fast asleep by the fire on a cold rainy night. Carterton, Wairarapa, NZ (© Emma Jenkins)

8pm - My daughter sitting on my bed working on an NCEA 1 assessment (analysis of the scene in the film 'Schindler’s List' when the women arrive at Auchwitz). Karori, NZ (© Suzie Tingley)

8pm - My birthday celebration. My brother is an essentials skill worker, and I am pregnant, so we have to keep distance from him, even at home. London, UK (© Natalia Garcia Bonet)

9pm - By half-past nine I'm finished my days work. I didn't expect to be sitting at my desk for all these months. My back's sore and I need a lie-down. Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan (© Connor Mcleod)

10pm - Moussaka outdoor dinner, with red wine. Countdown's 4 bottle limit does not bode well in our 7 person household (© Chloe Eberly)

11pm - A sweet discovery outside my door from my flatmate who left our bubble today to return to her family. Kelburn, Wellington, NZ (© Amanda Stone)

11pm - I spend a lot of time standing outside looking at the lights of the city, and during the pandemic, most of the lights don’t move anymore. Crofton Downs, NZ (© Grant Otsuki)

Midnight and it's time for bed. Wellington, NZ (© Caroline Bennett) (Ok - I'm cheating - I took this this morning. But it seemed a nice end to the set)

contributors

Midnight - Caroline Bennett (Wellington, NZ); 1am - Madeleine Kennedy (Toronto, Canada); Lily Joiner (Churton Park, NZ); 2am - Ilena Vunger (Porirua, NZ); 3am - Michelle O’Toole (Melbourne, Australia); 4am - Bride Láng (North East Valley, Dunedin, NZ); 5am - Piper Biswell (Wellington, NZ); Kate Hollingsworth (Sutton Coldfield, UK); 6am - Katrine Garn (Virum, Denmark); Bryony Cunningham-Pow (Maupuia, NZ); 7am - Bella Veitch (Roslyn Village, Dunedin, NZ); Jack Alison (NZ); 8am - Kylie Collins (Lower Hutt, NZ); Rebecca Sandlant (Motueka, NZ); 9am - Anna McTaggart (Lower Hutt, NZ); Nève Beens (Mosgiel, NZ); 10am - Nick Whittaker (Hamilton, NZ); Emily Hall (Rotarua, NZ); 11am - Ivy Gibson (Karori, NZ); 12 noon - Carolyn Morris (Palmerston North, NZ); Jade Shum (Auckland, NZ); 1pm - Hana Brammer (Ngaio, NZ); Lynda Bennett (Little Baddow, Essex, UK); 2pm - Maisie Reweti-Gould (Newlands, Wellington, NZ); Kate Tokgöz (Rettendon Common, Essex, UK); 3pm - Valeria Simcic (Karaka Bays, Wellington, NZ); Erin Lashmar (Isle of Wight, UK); 4pm - Nicola Bennett (Kelvedon, Essex, UK); 5pm - Miriam Hazeleger (Porirua, NZ); Ayşe Tokgöz (Rettendon Common, Essex, UK); 6pm - Nancy Bramley-Thompson (Trentham, NZ); 7pm - Melanie Dembinsky (Stirling, Scotland); Emma Jenkins (Carterton, NZ); Leroy Nurkka (Berhamphore, NZ); 8pm - Natalia Garcia Bonet (London, UK); Suzie Tingley (Karori, NZ); 9pm - Connor Mcleod (Nabari, Mie, Japan); 10pm - Chloé Eberly (Mount Wellington, Auckland, NZ); 11pm - Amanda Stone (Kelburn, NZ); Grant Otsuki (Crofton Downs, NZ)

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