Geographic / Mass. / Boston; HAV-01-403-Z-G-306
GUSN-357348
Photograph of Nerlande (Nellie) Sanon Tavares standing in front of a black background. Her eyes are closed and her hands are clapsed in front of her. She is wearing a black bandanna as a face mask. The photo was taken as part of photographer Katherine Taylor's "Masks of Boston" series in 2020.
color prints (photographs)
virus
health
safety
face masks
women (female humans)
portraits
bandannas
color prints (photographs)
1 photographic print : color ; 16 x 24 inches
PC075
Katherine Taylor photographic collection
2021
PC075.09
Library & Archives Purchase
2020
Library & Archives purchase, 2021
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Taylor, Katherine (Photographer)
color prints (photographs)
Photograph
Item
Geographic / Mass. / Boston; HAV-01-403-Z-G-306
Nerlande (Nellie) Sanon Tavares is a dispatcher for Transdev, a transportation provider. She and her husband are essential workers. In her interview with Katherine Taylor, Nellie discussed how she and her husband got married during the pandemic and stayed strong together. She wears a mask for her husband, who is asthmatic, and everyone else she encounters.
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