The COVID-19 pandemic has put us in check, and some activities have felt the full impact of quarantine. Two of them are photography and video capture, but drones come to the rescue as a perfectly viable alternative, giving rise to excellent projects. With their help we reached the Postandfly community of Mexican photographer Tarsicio Sañudo, and his latest collaborative work «Un Mundo en Cuarentena», an audiovisual piece that combines several high-definition recordings obtained with drones of those cities that today are paralyzed and empty due to social distancing measures.
In some cities good signs are beginning to appear. In others, everything will get worse before it gets better. We all agree that COVID-19 needs to disappear now, but there is no doubt that it is an irritating guest, which will take a long time to leave, and with which we essentially must learn to live. Personally, I admire the positivity that some people show to get through quarantine, just like their creativity, and I try to 'catch' a little of all that.
That's how I came to a video published by the Postandfly community of renowned Mexican photographer Tarsicio Sañudo. Photographers and video experts were among the first to see their activity interrupted, but they found a formidable shortcut in drones. Why not let them do the heavy lifting? Sañudo took care of coordinating/editing the material shared by participants, and the final result is the project «Un Mundo en Cuarentena», which you can see:
Mexico City, Guadalajara, Santiago de Chile, Bogotá, Punta Cana, Zapotlanejo, Córdoba, Tucumán, Mar del Plata, Extremadura and Montevideo are just some of the regions deserted, paralyzed, empty that these drones recorded in impeccable high definition. Few cars on the street, some isolated pedestrian, and captures from wonderful positions define this project, which very likely will have a second part.
If you have a drone capable of carrying a high-definition camera and would like to participate in «Un Mundo en Cuarentena», do not hesitate to watch this video, and follow the instructions Sañudo explains there. Quarantines around the globe are going to last a long time, and it is not a bad idea to try to get the best out of them.
