Visuals are a crucial aspect in our social climate, especially during the state of our world. Since the pandemic globally shifted everyone’s lives, social media and the usage of online resources has solidified its grip on our society. The dissemination of news, doings of the government, and social change is documented and distributed on social media. Our phones and technology are a sort of currency in our social world, we have begun to depend on these devices and the internet to help, educate, and inform the public. The last two years within the confines of a global pandemic has led the public to depend on the internet, trapped within their homes to receive information about COVID-19, vaccines, and health updates. It’s been important to use necessary imagery, especially in the beginning stages of COVID-19 to depict the danger of the disease and its variants By communicating shocking images of death, packed hospitals, and heartbreaking scenes, we were able to relay the seriousness of the situation, necessary precautions, and inform the public on any new developments.
The use of imagery and photographs were crucial aspects of relaying life and death information was an important part of our COVID-19 experience. We were able to learn about the state of health in the country and when the time came to it, receive hope from images depicting vaccinations and the lifting of lockdowns. However, the early stages of the pandemic held images that will forever shape that horrifying time and live on in our memories.
The image depicts an elderly man, positive with COVID-19 desperately wanting to see his wife, but being in a COVID-19 unit. It shows the sad truth for many during those times
Sobering images from the early stages of mass burials during COVID-19, relays the reality for many at those times.
Image of a anti-lockdown COVID-19 protest and a doctor countering this message.
Margaret Keenan, the first person in the UK to receive the vaccine. Imagery relays hope for the future.
ALL PHOTOS FROM CNN “THE DEFINING PHOTOS OF THE PANDEMIC”