COVID-19 in Black America

In March 2020, I started working on a new personal project “Covid-19 in Black America.” From March until August 2020, I documented a group of Black doctors and nurses providing free COVID-19 tests in the Black communities of Philadelphia and surrounding areas. I am now creating environmental portraits of Black and brown-skinned people who have had first-hand experience with COVID-19 and recovered, have lost family members who have died from the disease, have been mentally challenged by the year of being socially isolated, and finally Black and brown-skinned people who have figured out how to adjust to the challenge and made a new pathway.

Raymond W. Holdman Jr.

Raymond W Holman Jr is a corporate and documentary photographer with over twenty years of experience located in Philadelphia, PA. His client list includes The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Politico, and the Philadelphia Health Department. Since March 2020, he has been working on a personal project titled “COVID-19 in Black America,” which focuses on how the pandemic has affected Black and Brown communities in Philadelphia, its surrounding area, and Atlanta, GA.