Everybody has their own story about the coronavirus pandemic. Everybody has somebody that they've been worried about. This story is about photographerRoy Klotz who hasuploaded 5,651 photos to Commons over the last eight years. Thephotos cover sites on theNational Register of Historic Places, otherhistoric buildings, and places on his many world travels. Some of my favorite photos taken by Roy follow, in no particular order.
The octogenarian started his fifth around-the-world ocean cruise in early January from Florida. Until recently, the last photos he uploaded were from the Caribbean.
By late March, the ship was off Australia and ports were closing dueto the coronavirus pandemic. They managed to dock in Perth, butcatching a flight home was another matter. Borders within Australiawere closing, flights were disrupted, and Roy had another adventuregetting back to the United States. He's still not quite home, but isstaying with a relative. He's put her to work driving him around totake a few photos.
Roy began taking photos before World War II using his mother'sKodak bellows camera when he was 8 years old. Since then he's photographed with aZeiss Contax, Argos, Nikon, and Canon cameras. He currently uses aNikon D3. Over the years, he's photographed in 218 countries, all 50 U.S. states, and every Canadian province.
Welcome back Roy!
