Permitted Walks

  • Permitted Walks: Day 1. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    OBEY THE VIRUS RULES – OR ELSE – Day 1 • Monday 23 March
  • Permitted Walks: Day 7. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    ‘THINGS WILL GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER’ – Day 7 • Sunday 29 March
  • Permitted Walks: Day 11. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS – Day 11 • Thursday 2 April
  • Permitted Walks: Day 16. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    TRUMP: WE’RE ALL PRAYING FOR BORIS – Day 16 • Tuesday 7 April
  • Permitted Walks: Day 25. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    CARE HOMES: DON’T LEAVE THEM TO DIE – Day 25 • Thursday 16 April
  • Permitted Walks: Day 33. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    BOMBSHELL BLOW TO THE ECONOMY – Day 33 • Friday 24 April
  • Permitted Walks: Day 35. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    TWO WEEKS’ QUARANTINE IF TRAVELLING TO THE UK – Day 35 • Sunday 26 April
  • Permitted Walks: Day 37. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    DOCTORS’ PPE DESPERATION – Day 37 • Tuesday 28 April
  • Permitted Walks: Day 47. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    WE’LL MEET AGAIN – Day 47 • Friday 8 May
  • Permitted Walks: Day 51. © Marsha Dunstan (2020).
    BORIS: IT’S A PERILOUS TIME… USE YOUR COMMON SENSE – Day 51 • Tuesday 12 May
Permitted Walks is Marsha Dunstan’s first artist’s book, a limited edition photo-diary of the first 51 days of the 2020 coronavirus lockdown, when the population of the UK was permitted one period only of outdoor exercise a day.
“I chose to walk and at some point every day I set out from our flat on the Isle of Dogs, London. I walked and walked, as if forward motion could comfort or make sense of the news, the numbers of dead, the strangeness and fear. Meanwhile, spring was magnificent, impervious to the invisible invader that had emptied out my everyday… During this time, I walked 258 km with my camera. This is my diary: one image from my permitted walk per day and a front page headline from a national newspaper.”
To purchase a copy, email studio@marshadunstan.com. Individual prints are also available.
Permitted Walks by Marsha Dunstan

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