Peter van Agtmael Francisco James, a resident funeral director at Leo Kearns, in an overflow room where makeup is applied to the deceased before viewings and burial. Because of COVID19 (the novel Coronavirus), ther
(...) e has been such an uptick in calls to Leo Kearns Funeral Home that every available space in the building is being used to store bodies, as well as a refrigerated container out back to preserve another 50 before embalming. The staff is working seven days a week, at least 12 hours a day, to handle the calls, which is approximately five times the normal volume. In the eight week peak of the crisis, they served 350 families, up from a normal rate of about 75. Queens, New York. USA. May 5, 2020. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos