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Octavio Hoyos

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Live daily: the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico City.

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Location: Mexico City

Nationality: Mexican

Biography: Octavio Hoyos. Mexico City, 1974. Study journalism in the Universidad del Distrito Federal in Mexico City. Start in the photo agency Imagenlatina in the 2000. In 2003 join to the national newspaper Milenio as a staff photographer. Has been... MORE

A woman prepares to exercise at...amp;oacute;calo of Mexico City.

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A woman prepares to exercise at the Zócalo of Mexico City.

A person is covered with a plas...e quarantine stage by Covid-19.

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A person is covered with a plastic bag in the quarantine stage by Covid-19.

Empty streets in the quarantine stage for Covid-19.

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Empty streets in the quarantine stage for Covid-19.

Public transport passenger with... quarantine stage for Covid-19.

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Public transport passenger with mouth covers in the quarantine stage for Covid-19.

A public school worker receives...h antibacterial gel and gloves.

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A public school worker receives students with antibacterial gel and gloves.

Paseo de la Reforma avenue, one... the second week of quarantine.

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Paseo de la Reforma avenue, one of the most busiest streets in Mexico City in the second week of quarantine.

Workers in the legislative cham...week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Workers in the legislative chamber of the Mexican Senate are protected during labor in the second week of quarantine by Covid-19.

Airport workers check the tempe...hts in the Mexico City airport.

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Airport workers check the temperature to passengers from foreign flights in the Mexico City airport.

Airport passengers using mouth ...rea of the Mexico City airport.

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Airport passengers using mouth covers in the international area of the Mexico City airport.

Airport workers check the tempe...hts in the Mexico City airport.

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Airport workers check the temperature to passengers from foreign flights in the Mexico City airport.

Airport workers check the tempe...hts in the Mexico City airport.

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Airport workers check the temperature to passengers from foreign flights in the Mexico City airport.

Airport workers check the tempe...hts in the Mexico City airport.

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Airport workers check the temperature to passengers from foreign flights in the Mexico City airport.

Empty subway of Mexico City in ...week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Empty subway of Mexico City in the second week of quarantine by Covid-19.

Empty streets of Mexico City in...week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Empty streets of Mexico City in the second week of quarantine by Covid-19.

Empty subway of Mexico City in ...week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Empty subway of Mexico City in the second week of quarantine by Covid-19.

Empty streets of Mexico City in...week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Empty streets of Mexico City in the second week of quarantine by Covid-19.

Empty subway of Mexico City in ...week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Empty subway of Mexico City in the second week of quarantine by Covid-19.

A mouth cover dropped outside o...ratory diseases in Mexico City.

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A mouth cover dropped outside of the hospital of respiratory diseases in Mexico City.

Isá (14 years) and D...avirus pandemic in Mexico City.

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Isá (14 years) and Denisse (38 years) do school at home and home office during mandatory break to the Coronavirus pandemic in Mexico City.

Isá (14 years) and D...avirus pandemic in Mexico City.

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Isá (14 years) and Denisse (38 years) makes online exercise in the living room of hers department during mandatory break to the Coronavirus pandemic in Mexico City.

Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City,...ue to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, famous for its tradition of Mariachi music is semi empty when establishments are closed by government mandate due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City,...ue to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, famous for its tradition of Mariachi music is semi empty when establishments are closed by government mandate due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City,...ue to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, famous for its tradition of Mariachi music is semi empty when establishments are closed by government mandate due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City,...ue to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, famous for its tradition of Mariachi music is semi empty when establishments are closed by government mandate due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

A man jogging in the Insurgente... by Coronavirus in Mexico City.

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A man jogging in the Insurgentes roundabout in days of quarantine by Coronavirus in Mexico City.

Passenger of subway station Cha...anportation in days of Covid19.

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Passenger of subway station Chapultepec, one of the most crowded spaces for public tranportation in days of Covid19.

A woman uses a mouth cover pass...vendors sales diverse articles.

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A woman uses a mouth cover passes by a bridge of suburban train where usually vendors sales diverse articles.

David, owner of two sales estab... a mouth cover in Covid19 days.

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David, owner of two sales establishments in the Dalia public market, protect himself with a mouth cover in Covid19 days.

An older woman walks in a close...r security measures by Covid19.

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An older woman walks in a closed hall after shopping in the Dalia public market. A lot of establishments are closed for security measures by Covid19.

A woman tries to move her dog i...of Mexico City in Covid19 days.

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A woman tries to move her dog in front of a public art stencil in the colonia Roma of Mexico City in Covid19 days.

A pedestrian crosses a street i... City downtown in Covid19 days.

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A pedestrian crosses a street in Mexico City downtown in Covid19 days.

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Thumbnail of Empty subway of Mexico City in t_ week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Thumbnail of Empty subway of Mexico City in t_ week of quarantine by Covid-19.

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Thumbnail of Isá (14 years) and De_navirus pandemic in Mexico City.

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Thumbnail of Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, _due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Thumbnail of Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, _due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Thumbnail of Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, _due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Public Story

Live daily: the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico City.

Copyright Octavio Hoyos 2024

Date of Work Feb 2020 - Ongoing

Updated May 2020

Location Mexico City

Topics Abandonment, Black and White, Community, Covid-19, Documentary, Editorial, Epidemics, Essays, Fear, Food, Globalization, Health/Healing, Landscape, Latin America, Pandemics, Photography, Photojournalism, Relationships, Senior Citizens, Still life, Street, Workers Rights

Mexico City cannot rest. A few weeks ago the Coronavirus (Covid-19) arrived in the country where almost 60% of the working population engages in informal trade. Thousands of people survive on their daily earnings, without established wages and based on tips. Those people who mantain a fundamental part in the economic balance are those who in this times of quarantine go out to the streets to work to survive each day, putting their health at risk in critical moments of Covid-19.
The streets are not empty; public transport continues to function with people who live daily despite the protection and hygiene recommendations. In Mexico life goes on.

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