PHOTOS: In the Balance: Reflections of our community during COVID

In the Balance: Adam Alonzo, "Reflection"
In the Balance: Rebekah Alviani, "I Can Do This"
In the Balance: Amalia Rose Petreman, "Stripped"
In the Balance: Stephanie Baker, "Dayton Quarantine"
In the Balance: Paul Bruce, "Together, Apart"
In the Balance: Shon Curtis, "Our Praise is Our Protest"
In the Balance: Erica Goulart, "Quarantine Self Portrait"
In the Balance: Shawna Hatton, "Spring Shopping"
In the Balance: Shawna Hatton, "Grad Gown Pick up"
In the Balance: Matthew Helton, "Bread"
In the Balance: Glenna Jennings, "Corona Table #3"
In the Balance: Julie Renee Jones, "Interior Cloud, Light Beam"
In the Balance: Becky Khan, "Pandemic Warmth"
In the Balance: Michael Krieger, "Things to be Missed"
In the Balance: Kyle Wilkinson, "middle town #67"
In the Balance: Mara Quintero, "Ceiling"
In the Balance: Ishmael McKinney, "Outside"
In the Balance: Rachel Girard Reisert, "Bubble"
In the Balance: Rachel Girard Reisert, "Bags"
In the Balance: Brittany Robinson, "12:38 p.m."
In the Balance: Jeffrey M. Smith, "Dayton Rainbow Skyline"
In the Balance: Jill Spencer, "The Coworker"
In the Balance: Leah Stahl, "Essential Specimens 2"
In the Balance: Ryan Taylor, "Snow Trillium"
In the Balance: Kathy Turner, "Our World Turned Upside Down in 2020"
In the Balance: Joel Whitaker, "Walking the Dog #2"
In the Balance: Chris Yakopcic, "Empty Evening"
In the Balance: Kate Slonaker, "Distance Chat"
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Adam Alonzo, "Reflection," one of the selected images highlighted in The Contemporary and Dayton Daily News collaboration "In the Balance: Reflections of Our Community During COVID." "It's impossible to take pictures of something that isn't there, but the very emptiness of these photos conveys the sense of isolation and apprehension that prevailed during March 2020. As I walked the brick streets of my neighborhood, the only person around was the one holding the camera, so I leaned over a puddle and photographed my own reflection."