Ashley Gilbertson's Photographs in The NY TImes: "Three Years Into Covid, We Still Don’t Know How to Talk About It"

 Via The New York Times

February 23, 2023

New York City's Chinatown in March, 2020 early in the Covid pandemic lockdown

photograph by Ashley Gilbertson

What Happened to Us

Most Americans think they know the story of the pandemic. But when I immersed myself in a Covid oral-history project, I realized how much we’re still missing. (click for full article, pictures, and audio)

By Jon Mooallem

Photographs by Ashley Gilbertson

Ashley Gilbertson: "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."

 

Via The New Yok Times

March 10, 2021

Food line, Allen Street, New York City, August 11, 2020

The pandemic shattered the city’s economy, affecting people’s homes, livelihoods and wallets. One photojournalist documented the hardships, as both a lament and a tribute.

"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." -Ashley Gilbertson

View the interactive photo essay here.

Read Ashley Gilbertson's essay here.

More of Ashley Gilbertson's fine art prints here.