 Hello, it's been nearly a year since we entered the COVID-19 pandemic and life looks so different for all of us. How we work, how we play, go to schools, shop and how we socialize has changed dramatically. For several months we've gone through a roller coaster of emotions and efforts to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe and for the most part we've persevered and we've prevailed. The question now is how do we honor our efforts of this past year? How do we pay homage to what we've endured? And how do we recognize our tenacity? Something that I have noticed throughout this time is how compelled we have been to share our experiences with one another, how we are staying safe and social distancing, our outdoor adventures, checking in on families and neighbors and supporting small businesses. All these things and more have defined this moment for us. So I began thinking, what do these experiences look like in pictures? If we could capture single moments, what story would they tell about Pennsylvania in 2020? And that is why we are asking you to help create a photographic portrait of Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 pandemic. We're introducing a statewide digital exhibit, one lens sharing our common views, so that all the citizens of the Commonwealth can describe their lives during this time. The moments when you've admired the work of others, those quiet moments where you gathered your own strength, and the moments when your community came together for a common cause. We want to share it all. We encourage you to show us your heroes, the helpers in this time. Show us where you saw joy and compassion, kindness and hope. Show us how you were navigating this year where fear and illness overwhelm us still. All of these aspects carry their own significance, but they are also part of a fuller history and these images will write that history of the Commonwealth as it fights this virus. These images will document life as we see it in Pennsylvania during this extraordinary moment, rather than waiting for observers who stand apart from our experiences to write our history for us. It is important that we use this opportunity to tell our own history in our own way. And by recognizing the many facets of the pandemic, we are honoring the strength and the resilience it took Pennsylvania to get here. Thank you.