Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York City Photo: Dan Kellner We recently asked New York readers to share scenes from their daily lives during the coronavirus pandemic for a new open-ended series we hope will help all of us see beyond our limited perspectives amid this unprecedented and often isolating experience. Here is another collection of your images. We hope you will continue to share your own scenes with us by emailing them to scenes@nymag.com. Previous installments can be seen here, here, and here.
The Faroe Islands Photo: Birgith Lassen “This scene I had to capture from my car with my iPhone on maximum zoom. It made me cry so hard. I live next door to a nursing home and I suppose this is a son visiting his old mother. The picture is taken in the Faroe Islands, a tiny country in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. At first, we were a really scary first place on the list of cases per capita.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City Photo: Alex Miyashiro “As a means of coping with my anxiety/depression, I have been taking short walks around my neighborhood, allowing me to still feel connected to this city even in times of social distancing. Particularly in this area, there are a lot of young working people and mid-/lower-income families, and people are finding every way they can to express themselves.
Photo: Sakshi Gurnani “Recently, I had to walk 20 blocks to get a notary signature Having not gotten out of the house for over a month, this was, I won’t lie, extremely exciting. As I walked all those streets and avenues, I crossed a scarce number of people — the paranoids, who take a step back when the wind makes you sniff; the carefree — who are just happy they can enjoy the rare emptiness; and the essentials — without whom we’d truly and honestly be lost.
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