"I'm going around the world photographing places using live feed cameras," proclaims Twitter user Noah Kalina — kicking off a fascinating and chilling collection of empty streets, vacant squares, deserted piazzas, and desolate agorae.
Public spaces and tourist magnets, once bustling with life, are now, in the sudden age of COVID-19 social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, devoid of the human occupants and civic life they were designed for.
St. Peter's Square. Vatican City. 3/24/2020 13:44 pic.twitter.com/0ZfL3JmfbI
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 24, 2020
Times Square. New York City. 3/24/2020 08:15 pic.twitter.com/ep4HINXmGF
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 24, 2020
Trevi Fountain - Rome. 3/23/2020 16:40 pic.twitter.com/N2jDCuXbm1
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 23, 2020
Bourbon Street. New Orleans, Louisiana. 3/23/2020 14:43 pic.twitter.com/RSteFfcjpn
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 23, 2020
Milan Cathedral. Milan, Italy. 3/23/202 17:49 pic.twitter.com/xntheacv2n
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 23, 2020
University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame, Indiana. 3/24/2020 11:16 pic.twitter.com/VSdwvROp5a
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 24, 2020
Plaza Azoguejo. Segovia, Spain. 3/25/2020 12:54 pic.twitter.com/ya6O5lLwhZ
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 25, 2020
Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple. Tokyo, Japan. 3/25/2020 08:30 pic.twitter.com/vASNpJoLcZ
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 24, 2020
Abbey Road. London, England. 3/25/2020 12:39 pic.twitter.com/KMGyqlNI9B
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 25, 2020
The Spanish Steps. Rome, Italy. 3/24/2020 16:04 pic.twitter.com/O5X9OZrQsJ
— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) March 24, 2020
Visit @noahkalina's Twitter feed for more photogenic emptiness from around the world.
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