Collected Item: “100 Days of Coronavirus in the Bay Area”
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100 Days of Coronavirus in the Bay Area
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
website, screenshots
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
Today I discovered the beautiful visual essay produced by the San Francisco Chronicle. The visual essay, entitled 100 Days of Coronavirus in the Bay Area, includes moments from the earliest days of the pandemic in the region. The visual essay is a collection of photographs and short videos, punctuated with small explanatory paragraphs, that beautifully captures the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area. While there are a number of notable moments included, the image of the original cruise ship carrying suspected COVID-19 patients entering the Bay and the shot of an almost entirely empty Bay Bridge are striking. I remember the day the cruise ship docked in Oakland. It felt like I was the only one I knew registering the gravity of impending pandemic. Submitted for the #sanfranciscobayarea collection. Contributed by Shanna Gagnon, curatorial intern for Arizona State University, HST 580.
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#sanfranciscobayarea, #HST580, #ASU, #goldengatebridge, #baybridge
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https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2020/visuals/coronavirus/
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
San Francisco Chronicle
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2020-06-18