Jean Gaumy Our daughter Marie and her children had been confined, infected with the virus for 12 days. Twelve hard days. We came as often as possible but it was not to enter their home. That day we had the su (...)
rprise to find them playing the cello. They were finally getting better. Fécamp, Normandy, France, March 22, 2020. © Jean Gaumy | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen I was walking to home in my street and I saw a group of men sitting inside an abandoned building where they generally gather to drink cay (Turkish traditional tea). After a little hesitation, I dec (...)
ided to go inside and ask to shoot a portrait of this man with his makeshift mask. Istanbul. Turkey. April 3, 2020. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Emin Özmen I was walking to home in my street and I saw a group of men siting inside an abandoned building where they generally gather to drink cay (Turkish traditional tea). After a little hesitation, I deci (...)
ded to go inside and ask to shoot a portrait of this man with his makeshift mask. Istanbul. Turkey. April 3, 2020. © Emin Özmen | Magnum Photos
Rafał Milach I had a long chat with my neighbour Mr. Ryszard yesterday. He’s one of the most cheerful people I know. We’ve been laughing a lot sitting 2 meters from one another in his urban garden. He showed me (...)
how his wife tries to shape the tree with plastic bottles full of water. He was a little bit skeptical about this method but he also mentioned that is not his field of expertise. Urban gardens are the only areas where you can spend time outside at the moment as the status of this land is in between public and private. Warsaw. Poland. April 4, 2020. © Rafał Milach | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann The life in my neighborhood, surrounded in soviet skyscrapers has always been quiet anonymous. Many neighbors left to the countryside to stay at their summer homes. I started to observe the ones wh (...)
o stayed. I have noticed this dog some time ago. Now he changed his outfit- seemingly to fit to the current situation. He takes a walk at least three times a day. Sometimes in the company of a women, sometimes in the company of a man. Moscow. Russia. April 8, 2020. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael The changes in the neighborhood have been startling. One day, everyone was waiting on line for brunch, racing around the track, playing basketball, and luxuriating in the sun as spring began bloomi (...)
ng. It became a virtual ghost town overnight. Frankly, I’m grateful. While the bars and restaurants were packed, it was clear the virus was running rampant. I can’t believe how dismissive people were of the startling infection projections from a cross section of extremely trust worthy sources. Brooklyn, New York. USA. April 20, 2020. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Lindokuhle Sobekwa Family is home, love and being together for me has changed because of the current crisis. We had to separate because the house is to small. My mother lives with my two nephews, brother, and two sis (...)
ters. I'm currently staying with my girlfriend at her place. I'm thinking about a family of five or ten people that lives in a shack, and how difficult it would be for them to social distance. I remember when we where living at my house my mother would have to take a bath. We had to go outside and play with the other kids in the streets. Townships are relatively small and they were meant to confine people. We communicate often on WhatsApp and video call each other. It's a bit difficult though. Thokoza. South Africa. March 28, 2020. © Lindokuhle Sobekwa | Magnum Photos
Sohrab Hura I live in a one room apartment on the terrace atop a residential building. Such rooftop apartments are called Barsati (derived from the word Barsat which means rain) It's a very Delhi thing, this w (...)
ay of living and it's dying out slowly. Delhi was always known for its rooftop life. In some seasons especially around August you would see people flying kites from their rooftops, in the winter these spaces would have people soaking themselves in the sun.Iin the last few days with the lockdown, people have come up on the roofs again. I realised that i've been spending time here every day between 5pm and 7 pm to catch the last of the light, the temperature at this time is quite pleasant and this is also an hour when people are usually out. In india most of the day people are inside their homes except in the winter and it is around this time of the evening that they go out for walks, jogs, to shop, and the usual daily routine. Since restrictions were put into place, people have started making their time on the roof as a daily routine. A part of me feels like this work is about me and my rooftop more than anything else. I'm alone here.. I feel curious about other people now that i'm not able to meet my friends etc. a part of me is also feeling a bit voyeuristic wondering from my rooftop if i can look into other people's lives. I can sense that they are doing the same as well. Delhi. India. March 28, 2020. © Sohrab Hura | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter I alternated editing my work with working in the garden and I am making some progress in both. I have no idea why it's the first time this year that I have done it. This quarantaine might be good i (...)
n some ways. I am still wondering though if I can cut off the branches of an apple tree this time of the year, opinions vary. The kids of my neighbors are doing well in social distancing, great to hear them play over the fences. Sint Amandsberg, Ghent. Belgium. March 18, 2020. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos
Bieke Depoorter BELGIUM. Sint Amandsberg, Ghent. March 18, 2020. I alternated editing my work with working in the garden and I am making some progress in both. I have no idea why it's the first time this year that (...)
I have done it. This quarantaine might be good in some ways. I am still wondering though if I can cut off the branches of an apple tree this time of the year, opinions vary. The kids of my neighbors are doing well in social distancing, great to hear them play over the fences. © Bieke Depoorter | Magnum Photos