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My Covid-19 Quarantine Shoot

Having not had the opportunity to shoot images of my family before the Covid-19 pandemic, especially intimate times I decided to start this series.

For this series, I wanted to take the time to shoot common and uncommon interactions amongst my family in order to dive deeper into my Cuban heritage.

I wanted to dive into intimate everyday interactions and document my family quarantine that is both common and uncommon occurrences. I joined my brother and father to sit on the back patio daily to chat about life as they smoked cigars that are a tradition and a common activity to do for all the men in the Antona family.

In light of the quarantine placed on the nation, I also had the chance to shoot some rare interactions between my parents on camera as well, my mother giving my dad a haircut.

Capturing images that depict my mother and fathers relationship in an intimate way while also seeing the parallels of my own common interactions with my mother. Being aware of the cultural significance of hair in culture from my father’s haircut to my mother treating my head with medicine. Hair, like smoking cigars, is another source of bonding and culture.

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My Covid-19 Quarantine Shoot

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Zoe Antona is a multi-disciplinary artist and photographer, whose work addresses the power dynamics and complexities of relationships. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in the US, relocated to Cincinnati, OH, and is now based in the greater NYC area. She is currently earning her Bachelors of Fine Art in at Rutgers University. Her work explores the reconciling of oneself in the midst of a relationship and the intimate experiences between that of only two people. Zoe’s work is meant to be representational of the weight and the power dynamics all relationships posses. As well as depicting how intimacy impacts not only the emotional state but also the physical state.Her work aims to evoke a visual and emotional reaction through the aesthetics and installation of her work. The concepts for her work repeatedly revolve around the ideals of torn relationships and are representative of the power dynamics within them. Zoe has exhibited her artwork in Roswell, GA as well as in Cincinnati, OH. Recent exhibitions include Sonnet: Research Studio exhibition exhibited in the Waiting Room Gallery at UC. Zoe's work is still currently in process and she wishes to exhibit her work more in the coming months as well as expanding her outreach.

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