LONDON — Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, on Sunday launched a book of
photographic portraits taken during Britain’s COVID-19 lockdowns that she said
would provide a lasting record of the pandemic.
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Kate, who is
married to Prince William, the Queen’s grandson and second in line to the
throne, began the project with the National Portrait Gallery last year,
inviting people to submit photos taken during Britain’s first coronavirus
lockdown.
A panel of
judges including Kate chose 100 portraits from over 31,000 entries, which were
shown in digital and community exhibitions before the book was announced.
“Through
‘Hold Still’, I wanted to use the power of photography to create a lasting
record of what we were all experiencing — to capture individuals’ stories and
document significant moments for families and communities as we lived through
the pandemic,” Kate wrote in the introduction to the book.
The book,
called “Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020”, will be available from
May 7, exactly a year after the project began. Net proceeds will be split
between the National Portrait Gallery and the British mental health charity
Mind.
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