Behind the walls
A digitally curated collection, 2020
From Wuhan to Bergamo, from Madrid to New York City, the daily hell unfolding behind hospitals' walls became a global nightmare haunting us all.
We witnessed incredibly stories of heroism, global applause and survival. We also witnessed the numbers of sick and dying rising above what we could have ever foreseen, heartbroken healthcare heroes making daily sacrifices, and loved, unforgettable, beautiful people dying alone.
This exhibition is with immense love, and for the memory of all the irreplaceable family members, friends and neighbours we lost in the pandemic.
A COVID-19 patient wearing a CPAP helmet is moved out of the Intensive Care Unit at Pope John XXIII Hospital. Bergamo, Italy. April 7, 2020. Marco Di Lauro / Getty Images
Doctor Dmitry Cheboksarov at the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Vinogradov city clinical hospital. Moscow, Russia. May, 2020. Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty Images via The Guardian
Used PPE sits in a trash can at New York City's Elmhurst Hospital at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York, USA. Johnny Milano
A patient diagnosed with COVID-19 inside a non-invasive ventilation system at Gilberto Novaes hospital. Manaus, Brazil. May 2020. Felipe Dana / AP
Protective face shields are used to protect babies from the coronavirus. Samut Prakan, Thailand. April, 2020. Rungroj Yongrit / EPA
A nurse adjusts a face shield on a newborn baby. Samutprakarn province, Thailand. April 3, 2020. Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn/AP
An emergency medical technician working with the Utah Department of Health rests on the sidewalk of the Monument Valley Health Center after a day of testing people for COVID-19. San Juan County, Utah, United States. April 17, 2020. Kristin Murphy / AP
A nurse at Lagoa-Barra hospital’s intensive care with over 200 patients infected with Covid-19. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. May 19, 2020. Tommaso Protti for The Wall Street Journal
Gilberto Novaes field hospital’s intensive care unit treating Covid-19 patients. Manaus, Brasil. May 19, 2020. Tommaso Protti for The Wall Street Journal
Team at the emergency room successfully revived a patient with COVID-19 who went into cardiac arrest. New York, USA. April 20, 2020. John Minchillo / AP
Medical staff hug at an isolation ward at an hospital. Zouping, China. February, 2020. STR / AFP / Getty Images
Medical worker takes a break while at an isolation ward at the Red Cross hospital. Wuhan, China. February 16, 2020. Stringer / AFP / Getty Images
A nurse comforts a pregnant woman diagnosed with the coronavirus as she prepares to have a caesarean section. Wuhan, China. March 7, 2020. Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
A Wuhan evacuee is sprinting during quarantine in the hallway of the military hospital in Poland in order to improve cardiovascular fitness. Wroclaw, Poland. February 8, 2020. Arek Rataj / Le Monde
100 year-old patient Julia Dewilde gets a standing ovation from medical workers as she is discharged from Bois de l’Abbaye hospital after recovering from COVID-19. Seraing, Belgium. April 29, 2020. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP / 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.