American Photography 37 Winners

Exposing the Pandemic

The remains of Courtney Clarke, 67, who died from the coronavirus, are taken from Smith Funeral Home in Elizabeth, NJ. to the Rosehill Cemetery where he was buried. Exposing the Pandemic. March 2020. Only a limited number of people were allowed for a brief visitation, and only his daughter was allowed to attend the burial. Exposing the Pandemic. March 2020. Throughout 2020, our photojournalists took to heart the etymology of “pandemic”: all people. Traveling the world to chronicle the toll of the coronavirus, they captured images charged with immediacy, elevated by empathy — and conveying, in the smallest moments, the fear and resolve of all humankind.

What New York Looks Like Now

NYU Langone and Bellevue Hospitals, Manhattan. What New York Looks Like Now. March 2020. Makeshift hospitals and morgues, some in unexpected places, made the consequences of coronavirus unescapable for New Yorkers last spring.

What New York Looks Like Now

Elmhurst Hospital, Queens, New York. What New York Looks Like Now. March 2020. Makeshift hospitals and morgues, some in unexpected places, made the consequences of coronavirus unescapable for New Yorkers last spring.