This ninth edition of Photo London magazine is a special issue chronicling life in New York City from the early days of lockdown in March 2020, to the #blacklivesmatter protests.

This issue is a special tribute to everyone on the front line during this unprecedented time in modern history, from essential workers battling COVID-19 to protesters fighting for racial and gender equality.

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” –Irving Penn