'Joe and Duke Brooks, locked down, a few days before their 18th birthday' (Joe Brooks; Duke Brooks)
Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020 © Sarah Lee
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'Joe and Duke Brooks, locked down, a few days before their 18th birthday' (Joe Brooks; Duke Brooks)
by Sarah M. Lee
digital image file, 12th May 2020
Given by Sarah M. Lee, 2021
Photographs Collection
NPG x201471
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- Duke Brooks (2002-), Audio Technician. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Joe Brooks (2002-), Make-up artist; Hairdresser. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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Artist's statement: This was taken as I was visiting Joe and Duke’s mother to collect the hand made masks she’d made for me and my husband (who I am shielding due to his being particularly vulnerable to the virus). They are identical twins and the sons of one of my dearest friends – I’ve known them since they were very young. Duke has assisted me on shoots and wants to work in the music industry, film or photography. Joe has always wanted to be a make-up artist and hairdresser (he already assists on large shoots and works in a salon). I’m incredibly proud to call them my friends too. Those visits, at first through a window, and now masked and cautious sitting on their balcony, have been a godsend during this isolated period. It’s always a joy to see them. Yet here I could feel the ennui and frustration of two young men who suddenly found themselves entirely housebound and trapped just as their lives were about to open up in the most exciting of ways with their 18th birthdays and their first adult summer.
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- Introductory text by The Duchess of Cambridge., Hold Still: A Portrait of our Nation in 2020, 2021, p. 90
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