Francesco Chiot

Photographer/Videographer

www.chiot.it

Covid Diary Story

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Paris, France

Trieste, Italy

"Canto Libero" at Tea...- approx. 1500 people attending

"Canto Libero" at Teatro Rossetti in Trieste - approx. 1500 people attending

Verona, Italy

"Canto Libero" at Teatro Nuovo in Verona, approx 1000 people attending

Koper, Slovenia

Trieste, Italy

"Nasty Monroe" in Lju...ia . Approx 50 people attending

"Nasty Monroe" in Ljublijana, Slovenia . Approx 50 people attending

Trieste, Italy

Treviso, Italy

Trieste, Italy

Turin, Italy

Turin, Italy
One of the people at this shoot was found positive to Covid-19 a month later.

Trieste, Italy

Trieste, Italy
This kids are bringing carnival celebrations to the city's public retirement home ITIS, where older non self-sufficient people spend their last years in a structure that's half retirement home half clinic.
These retirement structures, named RSA - residence with health assistance, have been hit the most in the pandemic.
The first death for Covid-19 in ITIS was recorded on March 26th 2020, a month after this video.
The director and manager of ITIS are under investigation for manslaughter.

Trieste, Italy

Mestre, Italy The newspaper hea...first death in Padova"

Mestre, Italy
The newspaper headlines read:
"Coronavirus, first death in Veneto"
"Coronavirus, first death in Padova"

Mestre, Italy

Mestre, Italy

The train station of Mestre is the Hub for the whole north-east italian rail network. Communters from and to Veneto, from Friuli to the rest of Italy plus all tourism to Venice go through these platforms.
Trains were packed of people going to celebrate Carnival in Venice, which at that point wasn't canceled yet. Almost no one wore a mask.

Mestre, Italy

Trieste, Italy

Trieste borders with Slovenia, ...order checks inside the union.

Trieste borders with Slovenia, with a deep and complicated relationship born from the 18 century, stained with blood during the world wars and the iron curtain and bloomed again with the european union and the abolishment of border checks inside the union.

Older people, more at risk of d...he full extent of the lockdown.

Older people, more at risk of dying from Covid-19 , could ask the Protezione Civile to deliver groceries at the door. Most if these people haven't gone out not even for trash for the full extent of the lockdown.

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Thumbnail of "Canto Libero" at Teat_ - approx. 1500 people attending

Thumbnail of "Nasty Monroe" in Ljub_nia . Approx 50 people attending

Thumbnail of Mestre, Italy The newspaper head_ first death in Padova"

Thumbnail of Mestre, Italy The train station _ yet. Almost no one wore a mask.

Thumbnail of Trieste borders with Slovenia, w_border checks inside the union.

Thumbnail of Older people, more at risk of dy_the full extent of the lockdown.

Public Project

Covid Diary Story

Updated May 2020

Location Trieste, italy

Topics Abandonment, Affluence, Belief, Borders, Business, Celebrations, Civil Rights, Community, Covid-19, Dictatorship, Documentary, Editorial, Emotion, Environment, Epidemics, Essays, Faith, Family, Fear, Food, Freedom, Friends + Family, Gay Rights, Genocide, Globalization, Happiness, Health/Healing, Historical, Human Rights, Illness, Interior, iPhone, Isolation, Lifestyle, Mental Illness, Multimedia, Pandemics, Photography, Photojournalism, Relationships, Reporting, Senior Citizens, Workers Rights, Yearning, Youth

This diary entry has been published on my instagram stories on April 26th 2020, in the eve of some restrictions on the lockdown being lifted.
It is a heartfelt review of the first four months of 2020, in a moment of intense mental stress.
The diary shows the life of the author, a photographer based in Trieste,Italy and working for events and lifestyle, from January 1st 2020 through the whole lockdown to April 26th 2020.
Captions have been added on June 1st to enhance the story for international viewers. and underline movements and interactions.

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