Bogota Lockdown sales-jigsaw from atop a nearby building

from atop a nearby building

"each man striving to be the first to greet Col

lasting from 1899 to 1902

"At 8:30 o'clock the Presidential train arrived at Pedro Miguel

not a call to battle

Bogota Lockdown sales-jigsaw from atop a nearby buildingThis stark image of Bogota, Colombia, is part of a collection of photos of once bustling locations that were rendered deserted by the global health crisis of 2020. Despite the emptiness or because of it, the locations took on a haunting beauty captured in The Times article, The Great Empty. During the height of the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, The Times sent dozens of photographers out to take images of popular public plazas, beaches,