Monica, Covid Nurse

Monica, Covid-19 ICU Nurse, Basia, Italy.

This photo on the cover of NYT Magazine

on 4-12-2020, was taken by Andrea Frazzetti

who was shooting a photo essay from the front

lines of the Covid-19 outbreak in northern Italy,

where hospitals and health care workers had

been under enormous strain. Frazzetti

photographed while wearing protective

gear and standing at least six feet away.

Carol Bower, pastel artist in San Jose, CA saw

the photo of Monica, and understood

immediately the pressure she was under.

Carol painted this pastel, “Monica,”

in honor of this heroic Monica and other

health care workers like her.