In Pictures: Life in lockdown captured in photographic ‘time capsule’

Images include clapping for carers, rainbows, empty streets, social distancing, home haircuts and the natural world.

Published Jun 2, 2020

Last updated Jun 2, 2020

A photo from Historic England's Picturing Lockdown Collection entitled No View: No Viewers, taken by commissioned artist Aidan Moesby in Rowlands Gill, north east England

A “time capsule” of photographs has been created showing life in lockdown.

Images of clapping for carers, rainbows, empty streets, social distancing, home haircuts and the natural world were among the pictures submitted after the public were asked to capture a moment in time to be saved in the Historic England Archive.

The Picturing Lockdown Collection, which can be accessed free online, consists of 100 public submissions, 50 commissioned works by 10 contemporary artists, and the remainder from Historic England’s photographers.

Here are some of the images:

A photo issued by Historic England from its Picturing Lockdown Collection entitled Clap For NHS, London, by Shuvaseesh Das — Clap For NHS, London, by Shuvaseesh Das (Shuvaseesh Das/Historic England/PA)

A photo issued by Historic England from its Picturing Lockdown Collection entitled Washing the Shopping by Steven Murray from Chesterfield — Washing the Shopping by Steven Murray from Chesterfield (Steven Murray/Historic England/PA)

A photo issued by Historic England from its Picturing Lockdown Collection by Francesca Brecciaroli showing children taking part in the Joe Wicks PE sessions in the living room of their home in Beckenham, south London — Children taking part in the Joe Wicks PE sessions in the living room of their home in Beckenham, south London (Francesca Brecciaroli/Historic England/PA)

A photo issued by Historic England from its Picturing Lockdown Collection of Threadneedle Street, City of London by artist Polly Braden — Threadneedle Street, City of London by artist Polly Braden (Polly Braden/Historic England/PA)