\u201cIt was taken in the first week of April, which was a strange time to be in Ballarat. Things had just shut down and we didn\u2019t know what was in store,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI was walking the dog and it was an eerie scene. Nothing was happening, but there was this beautiful morning light.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I look back on it, the empty motel carpark sums up what it was like for business and the travel industry.\u201d<\/p>\n Tagging his photo with #MassIsolationAUS on Instagram, as many professional and amateur photographers did last year, Mitchell is excited to have his photo immortalised.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s some amazing photography and concepts. It\u2019s the sort of book that will stand the test of time as a record of what happened in 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also something permanent that the Foto Biennale can be really proud about. They\u2019ve created something that lasts beyond the Biennale itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n BIFB artistic director, Fiona Sweet said the hashtag received a huge amount of \u201csincere and positive\u201d visual reflections.<\/p>\n \u201cFor many people, it\u2019s been a major part of their lives during COVID, and a way for them to share their story, from a professional camera or a smart phone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A NEW coffee table book from the Ballarat International Foto Biennale features curated photographs from their #MassIsolationAUS archive. Motel Isolation, an image snapped last year by local photographer Craig Mitchell, features in the 208-page Mass Isolation Australia, which has been produced as a physical, visual record of Australia\u2019s COVID-affected 2020. \u201cIt was taken in the […]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Mass-Iso-cover-template-300x200.jpg\")