It was during the early days of the outbreak and I was out on the street taking photographs. Just past the Chinese Lunar New Year and the accompanying celebrations, Chinatown was tired under the sparkling red lanterns. Television was full of Wuhan news but there were neither masks nor hospitalizations in London. I spent over a week as tension slowly grew but as the photographer tourist, it was not until the return voyage I realized the gravity of the situations.
These photographs are chosen from my shots during that period. I omitted the out of London photographs and certain themes and images used elsewhere naturally did not make the cut. Of the remaining ones, I tried to be inclusive as we...