World famous photographers shoot their lives in quarantine and are restricted to the confines of their own homes and neighborhoods as sets for their work in quarantine. Many are turning to Instagram as the platform to share these photos as the platform allows for people to access art digitally. Stephen Shore offers a particularly interesting perspective into the ways in which art and culture are affected by COVID and epidemics because of the commonplace nature of his usual work. The same shots of empty streets, everyday scenes, and plain structures hold different weight in the wake of quarantine and a typical shot of an empty street near his home becomes “#ArtInTheTimeOfCovid”.
