‘Lockdown through the eyes of young people’

Is an intimate series of images and video created by three photography students at RMIT, who spent the bulk of the past two years at university studying online from home, in the world’s most locked down city – Melbourne.

The original brief for the students – Michaela Fernando, Alaa Almussalam and Leo Spyrou – was to capture a series of photographs of people enjoying Y programs and services, with a focus on young people.

Lockdown 6 in Melbourne – from August 4 until 22 October – quickly put an end to that plan, and required a pivot by both the students and the Y.  Let their images show you a moving glimpse into the every day lives of Michaela, Alaa and Leo, in and around their homes, with their families, living through the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown.  Their optimism, resilience and hope for the future shines through their work.