Year in review: COVID-19, isolation transformed VCU students’ lives
“New Lines.” December 2020. Stay-at-home orders forced junior photography student Sophie Pimpinella to explore the complexities of the relationship with her mother. Photo by Sophie Pimpinella
Ebonique Little, Spectrum Editor
A university-wide announcement on March 11, 2020, upended the lives of many VCU students, who learned that a typical one-week spring break would be extended to two. The COVID-19 pandemic, which felt so distant before, was then present in the lives of college students worldwide.
A safe return seemed far. VCU buildings were locked, and the once bustling campus was void of student life. Weeks of this new reality turned into months, and months became a year. Compounded with racial justice protests, 2020 was difficult for many to endure.
The Commonwealth Times asked its readers what the COVID-19 pandemic has looked and felt like in their lives. We’ve selected a range of photo submissions from VCU students that visualize their perspectives of the past year.
