William Sutherland's photos with the keyword: Coronavirus

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY Every COVID-19 death has a name... and every COVID-19 death, reported, unreported or covered-up, is real. Digitially enhanced collage created from the hundreds of posters, flyers, banners, and images attached to Green-Wood Cemetery's fence just to the right of the main entrance at 500 25th Street to reinforce the heart-breaking reality of COVID-19 here in NYC and everywhere in the world. www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

COVID-19 deaths here in New York and in every country and region of the world are an “Incalculable Loss since “They were not simply names on a list. They were us.” For instance, just six names presented on The New York Times cover page and ensuing follow-up pages infallibly testify to this fact and the gaping emptiness left behind in their passing: Romi Cohn, 91 – New York City, Saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo Janissa Delacruz, 31 – Haverstraw, NY, Known for having a smile on her face Joseph Feingold, 97 – New York City, Architect and Holocaust survivor Mike Field, 59 – Valley Stream, NY, First responder during the 9/11 attacks Kious Kelly, 48 – New York City, Nurse in the Covid fight Vincent Lionti, 60 – New York City, Met Opera violinist and youth orchestra conductor The COVID-19 death toll is staggering and these deaths are real! For New York City, the COVID-19 death toll is now greater than even that of the 1918 Influenza pandemic: +232 at the end of the day 25 May 2020. On this Memorial Day, let us remember each and every COVID-19 victim, many of them heroes who selflessly gave up their lives, some without the necessary PPE, to save others as well as the brave men and women of the armed forces, who also selflessly died so we can live in freedom. Note: I created this still life using the cover from the 24 May 2020 edition of The New York Times that lists just a mere 1% of America’s COVID-19 victims, a burning candle to mourn their loss, and a bottle of tequila with a “Freedom Tower, One World Observatory” shot glass, the latter from Ground Zero since 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic are two events that will forever remain in the collective NYC psyche. I also splashed tequila on The New York Times Cover, used selective color, shadows and grunge effects to evoke greater emotions from the staggering loss that can never be fully comprehended nor forgotten no matter how much one may try to drown it away, a futile attempt that leads only to unsteady and shaky hands, a hangover for some and then the return of cruel reality – acute emptiness and pain that will never be fully healed. www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries NYS Re-opening Metrics: forward.ny.gov/regional-monitoring-dashboard

The inspiration of this photo composition comes from Lamentations 1 since as they were relevant to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC, they are strikingly relevant to New York City of 2020, viewed by many as the “capital of the world.” In the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, NYC has seen eerily empty streets, and scarce few visitors from the outside. Her businesses are shuttered and shut and cultural venues silenced. NYC has also been abandoned by many of her wealthiest who at the start of the pandemic, fled in fear. She has experienced empty shelves and been embraced by a new “Great Depression” and the consequent reality that things of value during the pre-COVID-19 era matter little today with some trading material goods for scarce necessities. Last, in her greatest time of need, NYC has been abandoned by the federal government and denied essential funding for hospitals and overtime costs, and resources such as sufficient quantities of test kits for prompt tests for all. Lamentations 1: [1] How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! [2] Bitterly she weeps… tears are on her cheeks… [T] here is no one to comfort her. [4] All her gateways are desolate… her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish. [6] All the splendor has departed… Her princes… in weakness they have fled… [7] When her people fell… there was no one to help her. [11] …her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. [20] I am in torment within… inside, there is only death. [22] My groans are many and my heart is faint. Fortunately NYC and the world will not remain mired in this hellish pandemic forever since we are reminded in Lamentations 3:57-58: You came near when I called to You, and You said, “Do not fear!” You… took up my case; you redeemed my life! And yes, so as declared in Psalm 104:30 – “You send forth Your spirit… and renew the face of the Earth” we can be assured – “Mourning will be turned into joy!” [Jeremiah 31:13] as the COVID-19 pandemic is “swept away… like the morning mist” [Isaiah 44:22] such that “Times of refreshing may [yet] come [again] .” [Acts 3:19] Note: Created May 17, 2020 from photographs taken at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY (May 7, 2012) and Rockefeller Center Observation Deck, New York, NY (December 23, 2016). www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries NYS Re-opening Metrics: forward.ny.gov/regional-monitoring-dashboard

Mamaroneck, NY www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries NYS Re-opening Metrics: forward.ny.gov/regional-monitoring-dashboard COVID-19 Reality: Yonkers, NY - 26 April 2020: COVID-19 Reality: Mamaroneck, NY - 26 April 2020: