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PORTRAITS WRITTEN BY MEGIN POTTER PHOTOS BY BRIAN V PHOTOGRAPHY
One local photographer is giving his neighbors a reason to get dressed in the morning. Laid off from his job as a physical therapist, Brian Van Sise, like so many others, started spending more time on social media. “It was all pictures of doom and gloom – it was everything that had been closed and shutdown. There were too many of them and it was too depressing,” he said. That’s when he decided to do something about it.
STAYING CONNECTED WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING Across the country, photographers are offering at-home photography sessions for free. They are documenting this unique moment in time while also giving people something to look forward to. “These are nice, happy pictures of people smiling and making it through. For 15 minutes of their lives, they get to do something fun. Many of them haven’t had a family portrait in a while. There’s nothing else to do. This gives them a way to stay socially connected when they can’t see their family and friends in any other way,” said Van Sise.
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