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As the Covid-19 situation has evolved and restrictions are being reduced, particularly the relaxing of the 2-metre-rule to 1-metre-plus, I thought it would be really interesting to see the variation in people\u2019s attitudes to social distancing, what they think is safe and what they feel comfortable, so I started measuring and capturing this in a visual way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I headed out on the streets over the last couple of weeks near my studio in Stratford and in De Beauvoir, East London with a 3m tailors measuring tape and asked people for a portrait taken from the distance they would feel comfortable standing from me. The results, as you can see, varied!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: Between each set of portraits, the measuring tape was sanitised. Everyone was given the opportunity to sign a standard release form, but all gave verbal consent for publishing the images instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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