Dougie Wallace
Facing the future Just a few months ago wearing a mask in a supermarket would have led to a police call-out. Now it’s normal Text by Lida Hujic
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aced with news headlines that were often confusing, at times fear-mongering, but usually morbid, as the Covid-19 pandemic carved its deadly path of contagion across the world, London-based photographer Dougie Wallace set out to document in his distinctive style the “only show in town” – shopping for food. “Initially, confused and frightened shoppers cleared the supermarket shelves of anything they could get their hands on, but now the panic has settled down to a regimented orderliness, where customers wait patiently to enter the shops, killing time by staring into their mobiles or reading newspapers and books”, says Wallace. “White-collar workers dress down, their professions allowing
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