Days of quarantine by Dimitri Mellos

Private Story

Days of quarantine

Copyright Dimitri Mellos 2024

Updated Mar 2020

Location New York City

Topics coronavirus, covid-19, Documentary, Editorial, Essays, Fine Art, pandemic, Photography, Photojournalism, quarantine, social distancing, Street

For a week now, I have been stuck at home. Not only because of the semi-quarantine imposed on all New Yorkers, but also because I have been dealing with symptoms consistent with COVID-19. I was tested several days ago, but I'm still awaiting for the results. I was told by the doctor to assume I have the coronavirus in the meantime. In the last couple of days, after the fever went down, I have been feeling less weak and achy, and I have started spending some time looking out of my window and photographing a little. It is surreal and bizarre to witness this Twilight Zone-like transformation of 7th avenue, a thoroughfare usually packed with car and pedestrian traffic all day long. And yet, I discovered there are wonderful little moments of life to be found even under these circumstances, moments of resilience and sometimes even zest and joy. My window has become my link to the world outside, to the idea of a human community.

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