Chel Delaney says, "Images and titles in my series "Variant Cycle" are inspired by William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming."

Yeats wrote the poem in the aftermath of the First World War and while his wife recovered from the "flu" just more than a hundred years ago as the 1918-1919 pandemic subsided.

Likewise, my images reflect some of my uneasiness and apprehension during this period of "opening up" and amidst the promise of vaccines to fend off Covid 19.
Afterall, Pfizer said earlier this year its vaccine is only eighty-eight percent effective against the latest variant, Delta. 
So, is this recovery truly real? 

Or, will we end up like deer at the feeder – only to be hunted. Shot dead later by some new variant of the coronavirus. 

As Yeats wrote: "the centre cannot hold." 
The titles of the images are also to be read as a short poem."

Variant Cycle
"Vexxed to nightmare"
bound by uncertainty
the game of corn
may lead to spoils

Chel Delaney is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where she studied English Literature. Her photographic-based art practice evolves out of her work as a print reporter and editor for newspapers and magazines.

https://www.instagram.com/texaschel/

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HOME: 'OPENING UP':
https://laphotocurator.com/opening-up-laurie-freitag


FIRST PLACE:
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SECOND PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/opening-up-laurie-freitag/second-place-ellen-friedlander-lost-slippers----/1

THIRD PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/opening-up-laurie-freitag/third-place-kyle-mangione-smith-aquarium----/1 


BEST SERIES:
https://laphotocurator.com/opening-up-laurie-freitag/best-series-chel-delaney/1

HONORABLE MENTION:
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EXHIBITION #1:
https://laphotocurator.com/opening-up-laurie-freitag/exhibition-1/1


EXHIBITION #2:
https://laphotocurator.com/opening-up-laurie-freitag/exhibition-2/1