1.5 Meters apart
A digitally curated collection, 2020
Cover photo by Yi Xin/EPA
The COVID-19 pandemic has put more space between us than ever. Arm’s length, to be precise. New social distancing regulations across the world have instructed people, when in public, to stand at least 1.5 meters apart.
This exhibit aims to visually showcase the distance between us. The result is an eerie and symmetric pattern formed in the mist mundane everyday spaces, from supermarkets to hospitals.
Beds are set up for Serbian military personnel suffering from COVID-19 symptoms at Belgrade Fair. March 24, 2020. Vladimir Zivojinovic / AFP / Getty
Travellers at a Kuwaiti healthy ministry screening zone, wait to be tested for COVID-19 after returning from Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon. Kuwait City, March 16, 2020. Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP / Getty
Air Force Academy 2020 cadets listen to Vice Presidents Mike Pence give a commencement address as they’re due to graduate six weeks early due to the COVID pandemic. Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. April 18, 2020. Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images via The Atlantic
Workers having lunch at Dongfeng Honda in Hubei province. Wuhan, China. March, 2020. Yi Xin / EPA
A congregation set up with chairs arranged a distance apart, as they sit outside and listen to a Sunday morning mass at the Bole Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, April 5, 2020. Mulugeta Ayene / AP
“Serbian Orthodox Christians attend a morning Easter liturgy in the crypt of the cavernous Saint Sava Temple, one of the world’s largest Orthodox houses of worship, in Belgrade on April 19, 2020.” Vladimir Zivojinovic
Janet Woodcock, a fitness instructor, leads a daily social-distance dance and fitness event for residents of Springbourne. April 4, 2020. Frodsham, England. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
Kids at a Danish elementary school measure the necessary distance for social distancing before taking off for recess. Danish schools were the first to reopen in Europe after the coronavirus shutdown. Logumkloster, Denmark. April 2020. Emile Ducke for the New York Times
Kids back at school in Denmark, keeping distance while waiting in line to wash their hands. Logumkloster, Denmark. April 2020. Emile Ducke for the New York Times
People lined up for shopping at Centro San Donato. March, 2020. Michele Borzoni
People waiting in line to shop at Gavinana. Florence, Italy. March, 2020. Michele Borzoni
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s United States Republican senator with reporters at Capitol Hill. Washington, D.C. April 9, 2020. Patrick Semansky / AP
Medical workers working at a newly-set up emergency structure to ease procedures at the hospital. Brescia, Northern Italy. March 13, 2020. Francesca Volpi
Choir members at an Easter service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church. Seoul, South Korea. April 12, 2020. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
The photographers
This exhibition is a curation of known professional photographers, as well as images taken by everyday people, capturing the realities of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photographs have been curated from news sources as well as social channels.