Morgan Sette usually photographs car crashes and bushfires for AAP. But since finishing up with the newswire service last week, she started documenting the realities of her friends in isolation, most of whom are dealing with the economic fallout of the coronavirus from within their homes.
An open-access Stitch & Resist project by Adelaide’s Centre of Democracy encourages people to pick up a needle and thread and cross-stitch messages about social and political issues – including the COVID-19 crisis.
How do authorities trying to control a pandemic balance personal freedoms against acting for the greater public good? Ensure fair distribution of healthcare resources? The public need to be part of the debate, argue Paul Komesaroff and Ian Kerridge.