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Alec Jacobson

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Waiting for the Tsunami: COVID-19 in Vancouver

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Location: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Nationality: American

Biography: Alec Jacobson is a photographer and writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, who likes to dive deep into slow-moving stories. Drawing on his studies in Anthropology, French and Arabic at Amherst College, he prefers to be the only... MORE

A closed playground in Coal Harbor.

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A closed playground in Coal Harbor.

Closed playgrounds in Kitsilano.

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Closed playgrounds in Kitsilano.

The Parks department has closed...ge large groups from gathering.

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The Parks department has closed down beaches and recreation areas around Vancouver, BC to discourage large groups from gathering.

Saturday night.  Sunday morning.

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Saturday night. Sunday morning.

The park at Kitsilano Beach in ...from gathering in large groups.

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The park at Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver, BC is quiet despite the spring weather. The Parks Department has closed down recreation areas around Vancouver, BC, discouraging people from gathering in large groups.

The park at Kitsilano Beach in ...from gathering in large groups.

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The park at Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver, BC is quiet despite the spring weather. The Parks Department has closed down recreation areas around Vancouver, BC, discouraging people from gathering in large groups.

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Closed.

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Stay home.

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Trinity

A Lysol wipe lays in a bed of f... neighborhood in Vancouver, BC.

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A Lysol wipe lays in a bed of flowers in the Kitsilano neighborhood in Vancouver, BC.

A closed park bench at Kitsilano Beach.

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A closed park bench at Kitsilano Beach.

Kitsilano Beach.

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Kitsilano Beach.

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Costco.

Various carts at various stores...the early days of panic buying.

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Various carts at various stores around the city in the early days of panic buying.

Kitsilano Beach after the Vanco...D-19 outbreak in Vancouver, BC.

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Kitsilano Beach after the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation closed the parking lot, roped off the playground and removed seating areas to discourage groups from gathering during the COVID-19 outbreak in Vancouver, BC.

Waiting for the Tsunami: COVID-19 in Vancouver

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Waiting for the Tsunami: COVID-19 in Vancouver

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Public Story

Waiting for the Tsunami: COVID-19 in Vancouver

Copyright Alec Jacobson 2024

Updated May 2020

Location Vancouver

Topics Beachs, Beauty, Business, covid-19, Documentary, Epidemics, Photography, Photojournalism

The uncanniness of spring weather and the growing flood of COVID-19 in Vancouver, BC.

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