Seattle photojournalist Karen Ducey | news and documentary photographer

Photo Stories: • Covid-19 hits Seattle

  • Pat and Bob McCauley, self-quarantined at their home in Kirkland, Wash. can see the red flashing lights of the medics that come and go from the Life Care Center from their window on March 10, 2020. Their good friend, a Life Care resident, died on Sunday of COVID-19. They are mourning him, and anxiously waiting for the results of their COVID-19 tests. They must wear masks when they around each other. Otherwise they need to stay in separate bedrooms and bathrooms in the house. (photo by Karen Ducey for the LA Times)
  • KIRKLAND, WA - MARCH 07: A patient is transeferred into an ambulance at the Life Care Center on March 7, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. As of today 11 residents have died from COVID-19, since February 19th. Currently there are 63 residents in the facility, slightly more than half of the 120 residents that were here before the first case was reported. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • KIRKLAND, WA - MARCH 07: A patient is shielded from the rain as they are put into an ambulance outside the Life Care Center on March 7, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. Several residents have died from COVID-19 and others have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • KIRKLAND, WA - MARCH 18: Chuck Sedlacek, a patient at the Life Care Center, smiles through his window at his children Seri Sedlacek (L), Susan Sedlacek and Scott Sedlacek (R) who have come to visit him on March 18, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. The facility has been at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in the state and many residents have died from COVID-19. Chuck was admitted to the facility on February 20th for a broken ankle and tested positive for the coronavirus. He has no symptoms however and his children are trying to get him released. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • Clean up crews from Servpro gear up and go inside the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan makes the {quote}Live long and prosper{quote} Vulcan salute after speaking at a news conference to announce measures to combat the spread of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
  • JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WA - MARCH 05: Vice President Mike Pence visits Washington on Thursday afternoon to meet with Gov. Jay Inslee on March 5, 2020 in Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington. They are joined by members of Washington state's congressional delegation, federal, state and local officials. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 28: Following social distancing guidelines, Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, King County Executive Dow Constantine, FEMA Region 10 Administrator Mike OHare and Brigadier General Doug Cherry spoke at a pool press conference on March 28, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. The governor discussed deployment of a new field hospital at CenturyLink Field Event Center which is expected to create at least 150 hospital beds for non-COVID-19 cases and will include 300 soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital at Fort Carson, Colorado. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 20: Dr. Alan Chun checks on a patient who suffered a fall at the International Community Health Services’ medical clinic in their assisted living facilty, the Legacy House, on March 20, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. The International Community Health Services is a non-profit clinic that cares for uninsured patients, low income people and immigrants, many of whom rely on federal aid programs. Non-profit community health centers around the country are facing the expiration of federal funding in May as the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 20: Teresa Moy (R) drops off face cream and pears for her mother at the International Community Health Services’ assisted living facilty, the Legacy House, on March 20, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. The International Community Health Services is a non-profit clinic that cares for uninsured patients, low income people and immigrants who rely on federal aid programs. Non-profit community health centers around the country are facing the expiration of federal funding they rely on in May as coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 17: Blood is collected at Bloodworks Northwest on March 17, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Schools provide 25% of local blood donations. Their closing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, has officials worried the region could see a shortage. They are urging people to help out during the pandemic. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - MAY 06: Bus driver Treva White and nutritionist Shaunté Fields deliver meals to children and their families on May 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 and the closure of all schools Seattle Public Schools meal program distributes breakfast and lunch to 26 school sites and 43 bus routes five days a week. Approximately 6,500 people are served per day through the program.
  • Tony Ngo, 20, a student at Carleton College, moved back home with his parents in their apartment in the Chinatown-International District after his school shut down because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Seattle, Wash. on May 7, 2020. His parents immigrated from Vietnam in the 1990’s. His mother, Hong Ngo, works in a nail salon and his father, Thong Ngo, is a custodian at a local college. Tony says that when growing up his parents were often at work. Now because of the quarantine they have more time to spend together. (photos by Karen Ducey)
  • SEATTLE, WA - MARCH 20: Tesfaldet Tekle sits quietly with his phone at Alki Beach Park on March 20, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Tekle is a driver for Uber and Lyft and says business is dead. Washington Governor Jay Inslee strongly encourages people to practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • Mark Backlund, 73, gives his wife, Ruth Backlund, 72, a kiss as the two recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) at their home in Anacortes, Washington on March 27, 2020. Both of them are singers in the Skagit Valley Chorale that experienced a huge uptick in members getting the coronavirus after a rehearsal at a church in Mount Vernon, Washinton on March 10. 27 tested positive for COVID-19. Two have died. The outbreak in a rural community shows how contagious coronavirus is, and how quickly it can spread. (photo by Karen Ducey for the LA Times)
  • LYNNWOOD, WA - APRIL 02: Tiffany Teasdale, owner of Lynnwood Gun, says guns and ammo have been flying off the shelves, as she stands in front of empty gun racks on April 2, 2020 in Lynnwood, Washington. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee did not list gun stores as essential businesses that can stay open in his Stay-at-Home order to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). However, Teasdale and some other gun retail shops say they are following orders by President Trump and state Republicans who advise that the firearms industry can remain open. As a result guns and ammunition has been Second Amendment gun rights advocacy groups are challenging governor’s orders around the country to remain open. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - APRIL 06: James Deane (R) has a bad cough but he and friend Marla (no last name given) say they feel alright on April 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Both of them are staying at a nearby shelter where they say they each have their own room now that the second bed isn’t occupied. The City of Seattle and King County are in the process of minimizing the concentration of people living in shelters in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, particularly for people experiencing homelessness and those who cannot safely quarantine in their own homes. They’re temporarily adding over a thousand beds in other places and increasing the distance of all beds between people. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • EDGEWOOD, WA - APRIL 4: Chief Allan Lawson (R) and Colonel Gent Welsh, both from the Washington Air National Guard, help distribute food with volunteers at the Nourish Pierce County food bank set up at the Mountain View Lutheran Church on April 4, 2020 in Edgewood, Washington. Members of the Washington National Guard have begun helping out at food banks across the state to assist with food distribution during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Guard personnel fill a critical staffing shortage at a time when the need for food is increasing. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - APRIL 2: Tower cranes crisscross the sky on April 2, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Most commercial and residential construction sites are considered a nonessential activity and operations have stopped under the state’s new stay-at-home order in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
  • SEATTLE, WA - APRIL 06: The Seattle skyline is seen at sunset on April 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. Windows of the Hyatt Regency Hotel are lit up in the shape of a heart. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee extended the Stay at Home order until May 4th to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
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