MASKED

AT THE BUS | #MASKED24

“Capturing art-world and creative figures at home in their living room, at their desks and by their windows, British photographer Joanna Vestey’s portraits are a marker of our strange times.”

-Wallpaper

With face masks becoming a huge part of our lives over the last year, Joanna Vestey photographed 24 leading figures in arts, education, communications and law.  The project was titled MASKED, raising funds for charity AT The Bus. Sitters featured Grayson Perry, Philip Pullman, Dawn French, Juliet Stevenson, Cornelia Parker and Jenny Saville.

“As well as protection against Covid-19, the mask is intended to be a symbol of the limits of creative dialogue and production over the past year.”

– FT

The sale of the MASKED limited-edition prints went towards the vital work of AT The Bus, a charity delivering a school-based programme of art as therapy to young people aged 7-18 in Oxfordshire and London.

“AT The Bus is a heroically wonderful project which deserves all our support. Art has a magic power to liberate us from our sense of confinement; to cue up joy; to make us sense the flights and depths of life even when they suddenly seem beyond reach.”

- Simon Schama

Branch Arts was delighted to help AT The Bus charity with this project through their expertise in  communications and project management.