After face masks were made mandatory in New York, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, a photographer from Brownsville who now lives in Crown Heights, quickly saw the standard-issue surgical mask give way to a more creative idea of face-covering in her neighborhood.
Aïssatou, from Conakry, Guinea, waits for the shuttle train at the Prospect Park station. She was trying to make it home in time for iftar, which is the fast-breaking meal Muslims prepare during Ramadan. She wore her blueWhen the CDC first made the recommendation that all Americans wear masks in public last month, New York was the first state to make those guidelines mandatory.
With its rich culture of local tailoring, it only makes sense that Crown Heights would also be home to some of the most vibrant cloth mask designs. “People don’t have to go too far to get something stylish or custom-made,” says Barrayn. Though masks have become a signifier of social distancing, a stark reminder of life amid the pandemic, Barrayn sees the stylish face coverings as a vehicle for self-expression, or even conversation starters. “In a way you’re still letting people know that you are open to communication,” she says. “What you see in these masks are expressions of existence, and that is powerful.”
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