When the world changes...

PD July 20, 2020; MD March 7, 2026 by Pierre Scordia

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I was fortunate enough to have spent the lockdown in a beautiful Caribbean island, relatively spared by the pandemic. In the Lesser Antilles we had a lockdown but it wasn’t as strict as the one in China, Europe or New York and mortality has been extremely low so far. Nevertheless, it was an unpleasant and surreal experience. I’ve asked friends and photographers round the world if they wanted to share their experience with an image and a few lines in their native language. Some preferred just letting the picture speak by itself. This article will take you through the 5 continents. All these pictures were taken between February and July 2020. Pierre Scordia, 20/7/2020.

Pierre Scordia

Albania

©Giti Kolasi

Photo Credit: Giti Kolasi

Albania | Tirana

©gkolasi

Argentina | Buenos Aires

Photo Credit: Diana Martinez llaser | Instagram @dinaranja

Australia | Sydney (New South Wales)

Goat Island, Sydney Harbour. Easter Sunday. The Harbour during lockdown is emptied of all vessels, and its islands, now unpatrolled and deserted, prove a welcome retreat for the determined and wily paddler. ©Peter Healy

Australia | Yarra Valley (Victoria)

Life during lockdown in the Australian countryside has been relatively pain-free compared to many other countries. Most days I cycle for 30 km on a purpose-built riding trail through stunning countryside. This routine keeps any covid-comfort-baking bulge at bay and helps me sleep at night. I feel very fortunate to be living here at this extraordinary moment in time. Kerrin ©Kerrin Wallace

Belgium | Ghent

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

©Neco Bonventura | Instagram: @necobonventura

Essas imagens da estatua e do poeta Carlos Drumund de Andrade em Copacabana e de Ipanema. ©Neco Bonventura. | Instagram: @necobonventura

Brazil | São Paulo

São Paulo, a megalópole que não dorme, adormecida pela quarentena! ©Valdir Pinheiro | instagram: @vapietdidier

©Valdir Pinheiro | instagram: @vapietdidier

GRU | Aeroporto internacional de São Paulo, Julho de 2020 – Photo Credit: Reginaldo Silva

Canada | Quebec | Montreal

©Antonino Geraci

Caribbean | Guadeloupe

Photo Credit: Joëlle Ferly

Caribbean | Martinique

Libertés restreintes pendant le confinement. Seul le sport est autorisé une fois par jour pour une durée limitée à moins d’un kilomètre de son lieu de résidence. Collectivité française d’Outre-mer jouissant d’une toute petite autonomie, la Martinique est quand même soumise à l’autorité du préfet de la République, fonctionnaire nommé par décret du Président français. ©Pierre Scordia

Les tortues profitent des plages désertes

Chile | Santiago

©Claudio Valle

Claudio Valle

Globos con los Derechos de al Infancia en una plaza vacía | © Heidi Montesinos

Colombia | Cartagena

¡Juntos lo vamos a lograr! | Isla del Encanto, barú ©Jhon Howard Londoño

©Jhon Howard Londoño

England | City of London

Photo Credit: Gil Cohen-Alloro

Photo Credit: Daniel Cristiano

ermondsey | ©yalding Media | yaldingmedia.co.uk

England | London | West End

Covent Garden, March 2020 | Photo Credit: Andrew Seligman

National Gallery – Trafalgar Square – March 2020 | ©Andrew Saligman

Liberty | Photo Credit: Daniel Cristiano

China Town – Soho | ©Daniel Cristiano

Piccadilly Circus | ©Daniel Cristiano

he NHS logo is direct in front of Buckingham Palace – National Health Service ©Andrew Seligman

England | London Underground & Waterloo Station

March 2020

Waterloo Station – March 2020

ubilee Line – March 2020

Jubilee Line, July 2020

Waterloo Station – May 2020

Photos credit: Andrew Seligman

England | North London

Social distancing | ©Rewati Shahani

©Rewati Shahini

France | Paris

©Gilles Pétel

Paris Solitaire en couleurs vives | © Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Paris solitaire en couleurs vives | © Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Elle, lui et Le Louvre ou l’Amour qui n’est jamais confiné | © O. Lychkovska-Nebot

Paris solitaire en couleurs vives

©Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Le fantôme de l’Opéra | ©Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Le Maréchal et la Dame de Fer | ©Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Montmartre libéré

Photos credit: Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Montmartre libéré | ©Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

Rêve de voyages | ©Oksana Lychkovska-Nebot

France | Provence

Dématérialise ton corps et deviens libre. ©Nicolas Gret

©Nicolas Gret

Germany | Bremen

©Daniel Cristiano

India | Ahmedabad

©Pasawala

Photo credit: Pasawala

©Pasawala

India | Mumbai (Bombay)

Photo Credit: Pasawala

Italy | Rome

Piazza di Spania | © Daniel Cristiano

Fontana di Trevi | © Daniel Cristiano

Piazza Navona | ©Agata Serranò

Photo Credit: Meltem Basoğlu

Italy | Trento

Italy | Venice

Photos Credit: Daniel Cristiano

Japan | Tokyo

©Shohei Kityu

Mexico | Playa del Carmen

©Hiram Avalos

Peru | Lima | Miraflores

©Marcello Rivera Fernandez | Instagram: @mllo.iver

©Marcello Rivera Fernandez

South Sudan

I had been staying with the Mundari, a nomadic tribe who wander the plains of the Sahel region of South Sudan. Their traditional lifestyle centres around their prized livestock, the large-horned Ankole-Watusi breed, often referred to as the ‘cattle of kings’.

Spain | Castilla y León | Segovia

Spain | Catalonia | Barcelona

Las Ramblas | Photo Credit: Cécile Josse

Sweden | Gothenburg

Sweden | Uppsala

Thailand | Phuket

Photo Credit: Hygino Castro

Turkey | Çeşme

Makaleyi Türkçe okumak için

Ukraine | Odessa

©Boris Bukhman

It is a reproduction of a picture of Rene Gruau. I made it with pepper and tomato sauce during the lockdown. Nataliia ©Nataliia Veresiuk

USA | California | Los Angeles

David Bret Egen

USA | California | San Francisco

©Bert Bakker

Photo Credit: Bert Bakker

©Bert Bakker

USA | New Jersey

Photo Credit: Jean-François Scordia

USA |New York

Only the seagulls are on the Hudson!!!! @Jean-François Scordia

@ Daniel Cristiano

©JF Scordia

If you don’t respect the Lockdown, you’ll go to jail. If you rape us, you won’t.

Si on viole la quarantaine, on va en prison. Si nous femmes, on nous viole, on n’y va pas.

Когда мы нарушаем карантин, нас отправляют в тюрьму, но если нас насилуют, никто не идёт в тюрьму.

Karantina kararlarına uymazsan hapse girebilirsin fakat bize (kadınlara) tecavüz edersen hapse girmezsin.

Se desrespeitam a quarentena, vão para a cadeia. Se nos violentam, não!

oto Credit: Diana Martinez Llaser – Argentina

3 thoughts on “When the world changes…”

Wickwire says:

October 27, 2020 at 12:42 pm

Epic!

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XMC.PL says:

November 10, 2020 at 4:07 am

Great Share! Oh my goodness! amazing pictures dude. Thank you

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Cecil Kasmarek says:

November 10, 2020 at 1:04 pm

I love these places

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Albania

Albania | Tirana

Argentina | Buenos Aires

Australia | Sydney (New South Wales)

Australia | Yarra Valley (Victoria)

Belgium | Ghent

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | São Paulo

Canada | Quebec | Montreal

Caribbean | Guadeloupe

Caribbean | Martinique

Chile | Santiago

Colombia | Cartagena

England | City of London

England | London | West End

England | London Underground & Waterloo Station

England | North London

France | Paris

France | Provence

Germany | Bremen

India | Ahmedabad

India | Mumbai (Bombay)

Italy | Rome

Italy | Trento

Italy | Venice

Japan | Tokyo

Mexico | Playa del Carmen

Peru | Lima | Miraflores

South Sudan

Spain | Castilla y León | Segovia

Spain | Catalonia | Barcelona

Sweden | Gothenburg

Sweden | Uppsala

Thailand | Phuket

Turkey | Çeşme

Ukraine | Odessa

USA | California | Los Angeles

USA | California | San Francisco

USA | New Jersey

USA |New York

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