TITLE: Global tearfulness

On 31 January 2020, the first two cases of Corona (COVID-19) were confirmed in Rome.
A Chinese couple, originally from Wuhan, who had arrived in Italy on 23 January via Milan Malpensa Airport, travelled from the airport to Verona, then to Parma, arriving in Rome on 28 January.
In February, eleven municipalities in northern Italy were identified as the centres of the two main Italian clusters and placed under quarantine.
The Lombardy cluster outbreak came to light when a 38-year-old Italian tested positive in Codogno, a comune in the province of Lodi.
A national tragedy crept out over Italy……….
Only a few days later, the epidemic plague attacked the european continent and afterwards the whole wide world.
Exact one year prior to that, I visited the „Cimitero Monumentale“ which is located in the city of Milan Lombardy.
It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments.
This masterpieces of foremost sculpturs are predistinated for black and white photography.
The countenance oft he stoney faces let adumbrate, how the italians ( and later all other people) feel during the hard times of the Corona pandemic in 2020.

AUTHOR: Achim Nied (Germany)

Age 55, profession electronic maintenance, 30 years hobby photographer, since 16 years digital photography,
focal points: landscape, black and white, volcano-islands and portrait