Matt Keller Lehman's 'Social Distancing at 85mm' series
As we spent the first months of the quarantine sternly admonishing you to "stay at home, stay at home" like a broken record, we became aware of a gnawing need to see fellow humans. We weren't alone. Orlando Weekly photographer Matt Keller Lehman was eager to do a porch portrait series, interviewing and photographing Orlandoans in lockdown, and we quickly compiled a list of just a few near and dear to our collective hearts. Seeing these portraits and reading their words made them seem closer and infinitely farther away at the same time. But that's life for the moment. We're still locked down, but we hope to see you all again someday soon.
Arts & Culture: Best of Orlando 2020
Arts & Culture
1st: Epcot International Festival of the Arts disneyworld.disney.go.com
2nd: Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival orlandofringe.org
3rd: The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival wpsaf.org
1st: Corsets & Cuties, a Burlesque Cabaret corsetsandcuties.com
2nd: Les Vixens lesvixens.com
3rd: The Ladies of the Peek-a-Boo Lounge instagram.com/ladiesofthepeekaboo
1st: SAK Comedy Lab sakcomedylab.com
2nd: Orlando Improv Comedy Club
3rd: Shit Sandwich Comedy Showcase bullandbushorlando.com
1st: Orlando Ballet orlandoballet.org
2nd: Phantasmagoria phantasmagoriaorlando.com
3rd: Central Florida Irish Dance centralfloridairishdance.com
1st: Florida Film Festival floridafilmfestival.com
2nd: Orlando Film Festival orlandofilmfest.com
3rd: Uncomfortable Brunch enzian.org
1st: CityArts orlandoslice.com
2nd: Mills Gallery millsgalleryorlando.com
3rd: Snap! Orlando snaporlando.com
1st: Orlando Story Club orlandostoryclub.com
2nd: Loose Lips
3rd: Functionally Literate burrowpress.com/fl
1st: Carlos Navarro iamcarlosnavarro.com
2nd: Ben Ptashinsky instagram.com/equityben
3rd: Laura Hodos laurahodos.com
