{"id":2642,"date":"2020-03-31T09:32:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T08:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartridgesave.co.uk\/printwhatmatters\/?page_id=2642"},"modified":"2020-07-06T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T15:10:56","slug":"uk-under-lockdown-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cartridgesave.co.uk\/printwhatmatters\/home\/news-2\/uk-under-lockdown-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"CITY LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER LOCKDOWN: LIVING IN A CORONAVIRUS WORLD"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the UK\u2019s best-known street photographers was joined by hundreds of amateur photographers between 2017-2019 in a unique social experiment to capture the spirit of some of the UK\u2019s biggest cities in 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building a visual library of what Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and Newcastle looked like in that day in history, the A Day In The Life experiment compiled thousands of images of the people and places that made those bustling cities tick \u2013 from buskers to office workers, students, skateboarders, OAPs, tourists, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as we entered 2020, life as we knew it was about to change…<\/span><\/p>\n

As the Coronavirus pandemic swept across the world, the UK officially entered lockdown on March 23rd 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Millions of people were now working from home, furloughed from jobs or made redundant; non-essential businesses were forced to close their doors to customers and public travel was limited.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our cities and streets had become ghost towns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As lockdown measures begin to ease, our cities will see people return — but what type of \u2018new normal\u2019 awaits us?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographer, Mark Waugh, took to the streets of Manchester once more to capture life as the city\u2019s bars and restaurants reopen on what was known as Super Saturday, 4th July 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today this library provides a stark reminder of what our cities looked like before and after lockdown. <\/span>View the \u2018before\u2019 and \u2018after\u2019 images of these cities, available for free use, here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AFTER<\/strong><\/p>\n