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Under Coronavirus Clouds 2020 Pacific Beach at Glance

UNDER SIEGE

Pacific Beach is a beach community within boundary of "American Finest City" San Diego, where I've lived for twenty plus years. It has rich characters: beautiful beaches, a vacation hotel on a pier, vibrant neighbor restaurants and bars. People-wise, it mixes in and out-town tourists, local young hippie residents, ocean surfers, plus numerous of homeless people. I have been attracted to this place since I moved to Southern California. I don't know exactly why it seduces me, but I guess that the unpolished, unpretentious real community surroundings awaken my sense of humanity. In fact I am working on a long term photograph project to document Pacific Beach and its people's lives.

Like everywhere else, Coronavirus hits Pacific Beach very hard. I don't know how many people get infected, but the virus sticks the town badly economic-wise, with multiple closed-down, stay-in-home orders by the government. I do not visit PB as often as I wish this year. But I did go serval time, tried to get a sense of what was going on there under Covid-19's clouds. The project is a glance of what happened under my candid camera.

January 27

A Beautiful Sunset at Diamond Pier

News of Coronavirus still was far away in other side of Pacific. No case found in California yet. Pacific Beach was till in a carefree mood.

A new year is just in its infancy. PB has a usual sense of normalcy

March 24

The First day of state-wide locked down ordered by the California Governor. It's a usual sunny day with a gloomy outlook.

A typically crowded beach looks very quite, eerily

A closed-down mood. Very few people is on the board way. Most restaurants were closed, few were still open with just small number of customers

August 28

Not visited Pacific Beach for almost five months. By the time of the Summer, the fear of virus subsided a little bit. I decided to check out it again.

A young mother was enjoyed a bycle ride on the broad way
A guy I call him bubble-man is a stable in PB for past several years. Glad to see him back again
Restaurants and Bars were getting crowded again
Outdoor dinning behind fence
Some people wear maskers, some don't

November 19

The Election was just over but the Coronavirus cases rise again. People started to worry about again. Government order came..

Are we in dark soon again ?

Someone are going to defy adverse anyway. They decide that the happiness or pitifulness is matter of personal choices, none else can order for them. Brave or Stupidity ? You decide.

December 5

A Beach DJ was enjoying music with his friends
A kid enjoyed a afternoon beach walk with her dad under Diamond Pier while a restaurant worker was preparing food inside a nearby restaurant.

December 6

A order to close all restaurants again. The last night before the order take effective.
Something never changes : A beautiful sunset regardless what happens in Pacific Beach

December 20

As 2020 comes to the end, 2021 is around the corner, I look back and ask myself the question again: why Pacific Beach makes me fascinated. My answer seems the People: locals or visitors who once in their lifetimes walk on the broadway and happen to be in my lens. Thanks You All !

A lady enjoy to play soap bubbles, like a child
A man rolling in the board way
An artiest says Hello
Wish Everyone Have a Very Happy 2021 !
Created By
Kevin Shi
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Credits:

Sunstone Photography