The Same Boat

April 28, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

I keep hearing people say, “We’re all in the same boat”, but we aren’t, we’re all in different boats, caught in the same hurricane. There are skippers who’ve sealed the watertight hatches and are riding it out, ships that are sinking, yachts that have sunk, and there are captains pulling drowning sailors onto their floating gin palaces and invoicing them for the rescue expenses. At the moment, I’m on a large ferry – I’m comfortable, and I’m still able to […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: black and white photography, culture vannin, photojournalism

The New Normal

April 25, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m fortunate; I have a part-time job that gets me out of the house everyday, a virtual hall-pass that allows me to drive the corridors of the Isle of Man with my camera. For most other residents, it’s been a long few weeks, thus far. On Friday 27th March, the Isle of Man started an indefinite lockdown – nobody in and nobody out (unless you want to stay out).  I’d already started my own personal document of the COVID19 pandemic […]

Categories: photojournalism, street photography • Tags: black and white photography, culture vannin, documentary, isle of man, reportage