How the pandemic led this documentary photographer to make her work more collaborative

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Ashima Yadava's project Front Yard captures a moment in time where we all were seeking connection. In 2020, the pandemic gave Yadava the time to reflect, and so she looked to photography. She turned to her community, reaching out to her entire network, wanting to make portraits of them from their front yards, at a safe six-foot distance.

"I, just on a whim, sent an email to my entire network of neighbors and friends in the area, saying, 'I want to record this time that we're in. Can I please make a portrait of you?' " Yadava recalls.