Ashley Malden, Portraits during Lockdown (PORTRAIT 2021)

These portraits were all taken during Victoria's intense 2020 COVID restrictions, reflected in the hair that couldn't access a hairdresser for months and the brooding look that only six months of home schooling can produce; but, there were moments of beauty - such as meeting Jeffrey the Butterfly and going for exercise walk photoshoots.

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