Locked-down May

Photographs from New York City under lockdown in May 2020.

Mariachis

A woman dances to a mariachi band in East River Park

New York, NY, USA

St Marks’

People socialize on St Marks’ Place in the early evening

New York, NY, USA

Trump is the Virus

A banner on a pedestrian bridge over the FDR Drive

New York, NY, USA

Plague

Chalked graffiti on a hoarding

New York, NY, USA

Solitary eater

A man eats his lunch on the steps of St John the Divine

New York, NY, USA

Mask distribution

Two NYPD officers hand out masks in Central Park

New York, NY, USA

Union Square

Union Square green market during the pandemic

New York, NY, USA

Police in the park

NYPD officers posted in East River Park to monitor social distancing

New York, NY, USA

Hope and longing

A sign offers ‘free personalized messages’

New York, NY, USA

Mask pop-up

Vending machines in a pop-up store on Delancey Street offer KN95 masks

New York, NY, USA

Corona go away

Graffiti by Hektad on a barrier on Clinton Street

New York, NY, USA

Socially-distant show

Musician Rob McDermott performs in Stuyvesant Cove Park

New York, NY, USA