This project was created over a period of three months, during the COVID lockdowns.
The photographs capture the intimacy of loneliness: an untidy bed in a solitary room; the narrow, confined world of a person living alone during the pandemic.I took the photographs every morning when I woke up and climbed out of my unmade bed, and the empty bed broke my heart every day.
I wanted to show only the bed, its surroundings, and the balcony door that connected me with the outside.These photographs are fragments of my life during the COVID lockdowns, and the bed shows these daily moments of melancholy.
Maya Hed was born and raised in Los Angeles and moved to Israel in the late 90s, where she studied at the Kiryat Ono College of Photography.
Maya specializes in portraiture, especially series of photographs captured over time. She uses natural lighting to capture genuine, raw emotion, and tell the subject’s story through their portrait.
Maya showcased two solo exhibitions at the Israeli Opera and at the Hava Rosenberg gallery. Her work has appeared in print in several magazines and books.
Maya also has extensive experience with film, and works as a freelance documentarian based in Tel-Aviv.
Awards Won an Honorable Mention from PX3 - The Prix de la Photographie in Fine Art- Abstract. www.px3.fr/winners/hm/2021/1-102349-21/
Won an Honorable Mention from The International Photography Awards™ in People- Lifestyle. https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-221921-21
Won an Honorable Mention from Budapest International Foto Awards in People-Lifestyle. https://budapestfotoawards.com/.../social/2021/93-22130-21
Won a Bronze Award from Budapest International Foto Awards in People-Lifestyle. https://budapestfotoawards.com/.../social/2021/93-22131-21
Won an Honorable Mention from Tokyo International Foto Awards in People-Lifestyle. http://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/social/2021/23-30698-21/
Won an Honorable Mention from Tokyo International Foto Awards in People-Lifestyle. http://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/social/2021/23-30511-21/
Was included in the London International Creative Competition Official Selection in SHOOT (Photo/Video). https://licc.uk/winners/winner.php?eid=2-29315-21
Was included in the London International Creative Competition Official Selection in SHOOT (Photo/Video). https://licc.uk/winners/winner.php?eid=2-29318-21
