Aspen Ambulance District EMT Eric Tierney stands in the ambulance bay on Friday, April 3, 2020. Tierney is considered an essential worker in Colorado. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
At 6a.m. on Thursday, March 26, the stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Jared Polis went into effect. As a photojournalist, I've been documenting Pitkin County during the COVID-19 pandemic. I noticed that although there have been many changes, like restaurants are now carry-out only, only 30 people are allowed inside Aspen's City Market at one time, and we have to stay 6-feet away from one another, life does continue on. I wanted to document the people deemed "essential workers" within the Roaring Fork Valley that are keeping our communities safe, healthy and functioning, while giving them an opportunity to be recognized and highlighted.