Sheltering in Place When You’re Half a World Away From Home

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Pat in her room in Chicago, where she began sheltering in place with her roommate on March 21. Photos: Pat NabongSheltering in Place When You’re Half a World Away From Home
A photographer documented a week in her Chicago apartment, navigating the pandemic far from her family in the Philippines
One night, hours after Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered residents of Illinois to shelter in place after the number of Covid-19 diagnoses in the state rose to more than…
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Pat Nabong

Visual journalist in Chicago. www.patnabong.com Insta: @patnabong

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Sheltering in Place When You’re Half a World Away From Home

A photographer documented a week in her Chicago apartment, navigating the pandemic far from her family in the Philippines

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