RTE Illuminations Project 2020- Ashlawn Lady
Throughout the months of lockdown , Ayesha spent her time down in the countryside of Galway on her grandparents’ farm. Isolation here is in many ways the norm. However, not even her grandparents were prepared for the level of complete isolation that the past few months have brought upon them. Ayesha has seen first- hand the toll that it has taken on her grandparents. The social aspects of their lives were central to their joy and sense of fulfilment in life. Having observed this, Ayesha felt it was important to document these aspects of life at the moment in the best way she knew how- through photography. She decided to photograph her granny doing her daily activities such as knitting, crotchet, walking, etc., against the backdrop of these abundant natural landscapes which surrounded them.