Global families during Covid-19 lockdown

Unicef photographers around the world turn their lenses on themselves and their families to document a moment in lockdown

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Photographer Roger LeMoyne describes his photograph taken in Montreal, Canada: Sacha (13), climbs the walls in our home. Sacha is interested in parkour and has attended classes. Sacha had never wanted to get his hair cut, so about three years ago I stopped taking him to the barber. The earthbound family dog, Kobi, looks on... With my wife working in the hospital, I have accepted that I need to stay home and keep the kids on some kind of routine.

Photographer Tomislav Georgiev's daughter Kaja (7) learns how to sew with her eight-seven-year-old great-grandfather Trache in the tailors workshop they have in their family home. Kaja wants to learn how to sew dresses for her dolls. Georgiev and his immediate family live in Skopje, North Macedonia. He says: 'The silent understanding of children is simply astonishing. We stay home, no questions asked, no demands to go and play with friends. Childrens lives have completely changed, yet they seem to grasp the importance of their contribution better than most adults.'

Azah and Zaara sleeping in their parents' bedroom in Delhi, India. Photographer Anita Khemka says: 'My mother had to undergo emergency surgery the day the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi declared lockdown on March 25th and I was the only one with her at the hospital. Post the surgery, we both stayed in a self-imposed quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure. Having been away from the girls and my husband and dealing with the stress of my mum's surgery and her recovery, more than the girls needing me, it was me who needed to sleep with them.'

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 18:13

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