Latasha Taylor visits in April 2021 the cemetery in Cuthbert, Georgia, where her mother, aunt, and uncle — all of whom succumbed to Covid-19 — are buried
Bethany Mollenkof, photojournalist and 2021 Nieman Visiting Fellow, on photographing the devastation the coronavirus is bringing to Southern and rural Black communities:
“When I am creating portraits of someone, I like to ask them to take me to places that mean something to them. Cemeteries are sacred ground, and it was special to me to be able to have Latasha offer to show me where her family was buried. It was a peaceful but very emotional time we shared reflecting on what she has been through in the pandemic.”