March 10th, 2026

Prompt: “Two of a kind”

Mortland Paine

“This pair of photographs were created in a time we all might remember but wish to forget. Immediately following the first round of vaccinations in 2021, a dizzyingly long corridor appeared before me. Announcements blared on the loudspeakers above, giving all sorts of contradictions. I had been cleared of no side-effects and told to shoo-away, but I'm amazed I made it to the end of this walkway. Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot. I began to turn the corner and was met with a horrifying reality. Another corridor. They really were two of a kind.”

-Mortland Paine

Double Vision / Photography, soundscape, Paris, Texas, 03-10-26

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