Victorian photographer in viral video pleads for lockdowns to end Carly Soderstrom, from Torquay, has spent almost 11 of the past 18 months in lockdown. Ms Soderstrom said she and many others had been pushed to breaking point by the constant lockdowns imposed due to COVID-19. READ MORE: Victorian photographer Carly Soderstrom has called for an end to lockdowns.(Nine) "I know three people who have committed suicide, four people who have lost their homes, across the country people are losing their businesses," Ms Soderstrom told Weekend Today. "At what point of the suffering will we start to have the conversation to start to extend compassion."