A virtual museum of COVID-19 photography

Cover photograph by Nariman El-Mofty / AP

Exhibitions

Curated collections dedicated to preserving thought-provoking photography from the time of quarantine.

 
 
Disinfecting earthAn oftentimes comical yet honest photographic series of workers across the globe disinfecting the imaginable, and unimaginable.

Disinfecting earth

An oftentimes comical yet honest photographic series of workers across the globe disinfecting the imaginable, and unimaginable.

1.5 meters apartThis series explores the eerie and often times atypical spatial patterns formed by COVID-19 social distancing regulations.

1.5 meters apart

This series explores the eerie and often times atypical spatial patterns formed by COVID-19 social distancing regulations.

 
CagedA series of photos exploring the most recognizable pastime of people in quarantine - looking out onto the physical world they can’t join.

Caged

A series of photos exploring the most recognizable pastime of people in quarantine - looking out onto the physical world they can’t join.

The space we used to fillAlmost like the missing pieces of a puzzle, the absence of humanity becomes shockingly visible in these images captured from different perspectives across the world. 

The space we used to fill

Almost like the missing pieces of a puzzle, the absence of humanity becomes shockingly visible in these images captured from different perspectives across the world. 

 
Two PandemicsA first hand account of a country growing from a painful past as it struggles to find a more equitable future in the midst of a health crisis.

Two Pandemics

A first hand account of a country growing from a painful past as it struggles to find a more equitable future in the midst of a health crisis.

Digital portalFunerals, concerts, religious services-- nearly all basic life activities have been reimagined and reconstructed to take place virtually via a screen.

Digital portal

Funerals, concerts, religious services-- nearly all basic life activities have been reimagined and reconstructed to take place virtually via a screen.

 
Enclosed spacesThis series explores our relationship to familiar spaces in an unfamiliar time. 

Enclosed spaces

This series explores our relationship to familiar spaces in an unfamiliar time. 

The invisible frontlineFor many around the world, the choice to stop working during Covid-19 was never an option.

The invisible frontline

For many around the world, the choice to stop working during Covid-19 was never an option.

 
RevoltAs misinformation spread and economic uncertainty grew, cracks in the quarantine began to appear across the world.

Revolt

As misinformation spread and economic uncertainty grew, cracks in the quarantine began to appear across the world.

On pause from aboveAn exhibition that provides a unique vantage point of the physical manifestation of COVID-19 by looking at the changed world from a bird’s eye view. 

On pause from above

An exhibition that provides a unique vantage point of the physical manifestation of COVID-19 by looking at the changed world from a bird’s eye view. 

 
Behind the wallsFrom Wuhan to Bergamo, from Madrid, to New York City, the daily hell unfolding behind hospitals' walls became a global nightmare haunting us all.

Behind the walls

From Wuhan to Bergamo, from Madrid, to New York City, the daily hell unfolding behind hospitals' walls became a global nightmare haunting us all.

The new normalAs the world slowly reopens, tiptoeing outwards in anticipation of a second wave, we have encountered a reality that one year prior, would have been equivalent to stepping into a sci-fi film.

The new normal

As the world slowly reopens, tiptoeing outwards in anticipation of a second wave, we have encountered a reality that one year prior, would have been equivalent to stepping into a sci-fi film.

Noteworthy one-person series from the time of COVID-19

 
 

Photography submission

 

The Covid Photo Museum is open to submissions from professional and amateur photographers. If you have a photo that uniquely captures a moment of COVID-19, we’d love to hear from you. Please make sure to include all relevant attribution information so that we may properly credit the photographer or rights holder of the photograph.