By Occupational Photojournalist, Earl Dotter
A Johns Hopkins Education & Research Center ((ERC) Seminar
This seminar focused on my photographs of Essential Workers on the Frontlines of Healthcare who protected us amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. I discussed the evolution of my methods and strategies to protect myself in hazardous workplaces and from exposure to the COVID-19 virus.
Many of my assignments focused on dangerous work requiring Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). I included images of workers whose employers did not provide PPE and the adaptations the workers made to protect themselves.
Emergency responders, farmworkers, and public employees were featured. A series of images also showed, for the first time, photographs of Industrial Age workers with the tools of their trade.