The Topica Collective was formed by a group of new photographers in the wake of the pandemic - originally meeting at the International Center for Photography in New York in 2019 and then continuing online since March, 2020. Over the course of almost two years and under the mentorship of the art educators at Vantage Points, the Topica Collective artists have ambitiously worked to create art that reveals the truths, tragedy, and isolation of the pandemic.