The Digital Camera
COVID-19 Pandemic
The Coronavirus has affected many countries worldwide. Specifically in the United States, the government has held live, digitally captured press conferences informing the public about the actions being taken to help limit the spread. Reporters are using photos of medical workers and hospitals to show the public the enormity of the situation. Numerous photos and videos are shared to bring awareness about how people are fighting against the pandemic.
The Coronavirus forces people to take extra precaution while doing everyday activities. Feb. 12, 2020
Source: Al Dia Health
Doctors in America treating Coronavirus patients. March 7, 2020
Source: The Washington Post
Reunion of two people admist the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy. April 3, 2020
Source: CNN
"While vast swathes of society must stay at home for our own protection, limiting physical contact in unprecedented ways, photographers can still capture human connections and symbolic moments in time."
- Fiona Sinclair Scott from CNN
Video call platforms such as Zoom and Google Hangouts are being used to connect the world while people remain safely isolated at home. These platforms are made possible by built-in digital cameras in computers.
A professor vitually teaching a business class. Mar. 20, 2020
Source: Barco
A Minnesota Family partaking in a Passover Seder on Zoom. April 8, 2020.
Source: StarTribune
"Portraits of families taken through windows, still-life shots of the many meals had at home; this repetition of imagery begins to build a simple, shared narrative of many living through this time, away from each other, but somehow together."
- James Wrigley Co-Director of the COVID-19 Archive in England