On March 13, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a State of Emergency for New York City. At the time, the city had 95 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a number expected to rise rapidly in the weeks ahead. The following pictures were taken between March 17 and 21, during a stopover in New York after a trip to Europe was cut short. I walked approximately 60 miles in Manhattan and to a lesser extent Brooklyn, documenting a little of the atmosphere as the city braced for the large wave about to break over the city.