Covid Diaries
The photographs in this series serve as a personal diary, visually chronicling my days of isolation in both Brooklyn and SF Bay Area
The photographs in this series serve as a personal diary, visually chronicling my days of isolation in both Brooklyn and SF Bay Area
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MARCH 2020’ Isolated in Bushwick apartment, I heard Willie Colon blasting through the window, there was still some life outside. Can I still go out? I don’t need to, but should I? I do have underlying lung issues, maybe it’s not a good idea to go out. But I need to stock up on food. But wait, what about rent, I need to work. There’s no work - if I can’t go out.
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My hands are pruned from washing dishes, doing laundry in the sink and cleaning every bit of produce I bought from the grocery store. My bathroom has turned into a drying rack.
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Days of editing, sequencing images, walks in and out of the kitchen, indoor bike rides, cooking and pondering my next step lingered. Maybe I should get out of NYC. I have no way of knowing how long this is going to last. I want to see nature, I want to see my family.
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APRIL 2020’ Alright, I’ll go out and bike. Rockaways? LIC? 2am through NYC? Why not? Bike all the bridges in NYC? Sure, why not? Damn I could’ve been doing this the entire time. I feel safe. No one’s here.
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Finally some peace of mind, yet feeling guilty knowing that people were ill, dying, immunocompromised. Maybe I should just chill. So I did, on the 3rd floor of my Bushwick apartment.
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The contrast of the life I was living in Brooklyn, NY versus my home in the Bay Area was drastic - Outdoor space, the beach, the mountains, should I just dip? But why? It’s been two years of being in NYC and I’m loving every moment of it except this one right here. Am I giving up if I leave? What does that mean regarding work, my career, my friends?
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MAY 2020’ What was already known about this country was once again brought to the surface. Justice for George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery.
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JUNE 2020’ Is it over yet? It’s getting to me. I have no idea when this is going to end. It’s summer in NYC yet feels so desolate. I’m getting out.
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Orange skies over our heads in California, adding a surreal hue of daily life.
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The slow and painful process of witnessing Thata grappling with dementia.
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Is it over yet? When is it going to end?