Pandemic: The Indiana "Front Porch Portraits"
Munster, Indiana-based wedding and family photographer Shane Cleminson experienced a number of cancelled events owing to coronavirus and stay-at-home orders. So, Cleminson announced free "drive by" portrait sessions on social media, stating he would remain standing at his car (in order to remain socially-distanced from his subjects) as they posed at the front door of their home.
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In addition to offering self-isolating families an opportunity to dress up or engage in a fun activity, the portrait sessions also offer a time capsule of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shane Cleminson
A native of Zimbabwe, photographer Shane Cleminson, who worked for a mission organization, moved to the United States in 2006. In addition to his work appearing in Chicago newspapers, sports publications and magazines, Cleminson has filmed and photographed more than 750 weddings, as well as family and children's portraits.
Many of his clients were forced to postpone their nuptials (as did Cleminson; he and his fiancée were set to tie the knot in June), but that didn't stop him from capturing a major social (or rather, socially-distanced) event.
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Edited by CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan
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