Biography:
Gaia Squarci, 1988, is a photographer and videographer who divides her time between Milan and New York, where she teaches Digital Storytelling at ICP. Gaia is a contributor of Prospekt, an IWMF fellow and National Geographic grantee. With a...
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Roland Perkins, former garbageman who says that his chronic health problems would make him especially vulnerable to Covid-19, sits across the street from Brookdale Hospital. Brooklyn, NYC.
A homeless man on the subway at night. Manhattan, NYC. This photograph has been produced with the support of the ICP, International Center of Photography.
Alexis, college student who now follows lessons from home, sits in front of a closed restaurant in Bed-Stuy. Brooklyn, NYC. This photograph has been produced with the support of the ICP, International Center of Photography
Funeral home director Denise Miles’ hand is seen on a stretcher at Miles Funeral Home. Behind it, the clothes clients have sent over because they want to wear them on their funeral day. Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC.
Bailey Stephenson, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit nurse who came from Georgia to New York City to work during the Covid-19 health emergency, poses for a portrait in Times Square. Stephenson was contracted by an agency. Manhattan, NYC.
Subway cameras show empty platforms in Manhattan, NYC. This photograph has been produced with the support of the ICP, International Center of Photography
The Fulton subway station, normally one of the busiest in Manhattan, NYC. This photograph has been produced with the support of the ICP, International Center of Photography
Carlos Rojas, from Ecuador, ill with skin cancer, is gifted a bouquet of flowers when he leaves Elmhurst Hospital after one of his chemotherapy sessions. Queens, NYC.
Surgeon Arghavan Salles, who came to New York to volunteer during the Covid-19 health emergency, is photographed at the end of a work day in her hotel room in Park Slope. Brooklyn, NYC.