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The painful process of photographing NYC's COVID-19 crisis

A photographer's Brief But Spectacular take on documenting the pandemic

09/16/2020

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The painful process of photographing NYC's COVID-19 crisis

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A photographer's Brief But Spectacular take on documenting the pandemic

How do you picture a pandemic? Photographer Philip Montgomery documented New York City funeral homes and health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis this past March. His images appeared in the New York Times Magazine, capturing the stark divide between “before COVID” and after. Montgomery shares his Brief But Spectacular take on covering the pandemic.

09/16/2020

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