Non-medical grade face mask #1-314

On February 17, 2020,  I began rifting on the traditional face mask form as a response to the emotional, medical, media response to the pandemic threat.  Historically used ceremonially and for rituals, masks obscuring the mouth and nose had now become the uniform of 2020. Covering the mouth symbolically mutes the wearer and removes half of the face so only the eyes remain.  I created one mask per day for 314 days.  All were photographed with my phone, in the same chair, at the same time, suggesting a connection from one portrait to the next and dropped them into social media sites.

The project ended December 31, 2020, hoping for a new, brighter future.