Shannon Smith
Photographer
Project title
The Lost Years: Stolen Moments as the World Prioritized Survival
Project summary
Advanced Military Visual Journalism Program student Neysa Canfield (left) spits into a tubeto comply with Syracuse University’s mandatory COVID-19 testing protocols on Feb. 26, 2021.Syracuse University students who access campus must participate in weekly COVID-19 salivasurveillance testing at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.
Project title
The Lost Years: Stolen Moments as the World Prioritized Survival
Project summary
A compilation of social distancing signs around Syracuse, New York.
Project title
Memento Mori
Project summary
Mourners fuse grief with life under extraordinary circumstances as they learn the shape of loss. The premise of “Memento Mori” is that COVID-19 is the reminder to “remember death.” This is meant to liken this time, where we are constantly surrounded by this specter of death and sickness, as the motivation for the alteration of […]
Dol Oth’s dog fell asleep on his body during his funeral at Farone & Son Funeral home on Oct. 2, 2020. Oth, 63, of Syracuse, passed away at Upstate Hospital on Sep. 21, 2020.
Family members release doves simultaneously during the funeral of Dol Oth at Woodlawn Cemetery on Oct. 2, 2020.
A funeral service and mass is held for Misagaro Appolinaire at Our Lady of Pompei/St. Peter’s on Sep. 26, 2020 in Syracuse, New York.
Family and friends gather at the graveside for the burial of Misagaro Appolinaire at Woodlawn Cemetery on Sep. 26, 2020 in Syracuse, New York.
Mourners remade a memorial for Syracuse University student Trevor Pierce, 18, with flowers and candles at the intersection of Waverly and Comstock avenues after heavy rainfall the night before on Oct. 16, 2020.