Since August, I’ve been working on a major series documenting the changes taking place throughout New York City, as the very texture of the streets frayed. When things were really bad, neighborhoods changed day by day. Today it ran in a special 40 page section in the Sunday paper.
A City Ruptured - The New York Times
We’ve lost tens of thousands of New Yorkers to Covid-19. More than half a million people nationwide. As vaccines were developed and a potential end to the health disaster seemed within grasp, I felt it was critical to focus attention on another element of this crisis: the deep recession we’ve found ourselves in. I needed to photograph our decimated economy in a way that brought the various elements to life — through the people living it. The resulting photo essay is my requiem to the New York that we knew before the pandemic, but also a love letter to the resilient people who never gave up.
For additional background, in a Times Insider piece, click here.