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I first began noticing cones several years ago. I would occasionally photograph them if they appeared in an unusual place or just happened to be in the scene unexpectedly. With the arrival of COVID, and being a person who likes to take long walks while photographing, their appearance became more frequent in my imagery. On my long walks during the height of COVID, the streets were virtually deserted. I began to observe that cones were everywhere. The cones began to be symbolic surrogates for human presence … or absence. Their serendipitous placement and interaction in their surroundings was somewhat surreal. Now that the streets are once again filled with life, I sometimes find myself photographing cones more than people on the street.