Surreal dreams in lockdown: a photo diary

‘I took the first pictures for my lockdown diary a couple of weeks into January. Covid deaths in the UK were peaking at about 1,500 a day, and I was asked to photograph a temporary mortuary set up at Headley Court in Surrey. Seeing the makeshift structure nestled in between trees was a sobering and surreal experience and it brought up a lot of memories of how living through the pandemic has often felt like a dark and disturbing dream, and how at times I haven’t quite been able to believe that what I am seeing is real.’

Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian