Lockdown Portraits is a series of black-and-white photographs capturing Chilean actor Helmuth Höger in his home in Santiago de Chile. The images originated from iPhone 11 screenshots taken during FaceTime calls between Berlin and Santiago at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since March 2020, Chile has been under strict lockdown, allowing residents to leave their homes only for essential shopping or medical needs. During this time, Helmuth has been confined to his small room in a shared apartment. With theatre productions halted and his teaching position at the German School in Santiago lost, he has been left without work.

Despite the 12,500-kilometer distance, photographer Cornelis Voogdt managed to create a series of intimate, humorous, and contactless portraits—demonstrating that meaningful artistic collaboration is still possible, even in isolation.

CORNELIS VOOGDT PHOTOGRAPHY