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A year we won't forget

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER IN 2020?

RUDDY ROYE • Ruddy Roye traces his passion for social justice to his native Jamaica, his love of the arts to his mother, and his love of stories to his father. Now Roye’s a father, telling his sons what he learns as a documentary photographer and a National Geographic storytelling fellow.

HANNAH REYES MORALES • National Geographic Explorer Hannah Reyes Morales uses photography to explore themes of resilience in life and tenderness amid adversity. In 2019 she received the Visionary Award from the Tim Hetherington Trust, named for the late British photojournalist.

The Storms Some Women Can’t Escape

DAVID GUTTENFELDER • David Guttenfelder grew up on a tiny farm outside a tiny town in Iowa. Since then he’s traveled far, covering the Rwandan genocide, the Iraq war, and other major news events. He helped open the first Western news bureau in North Korea for the Associated Press.

A PRECARIOUS VIEW AT THE GRAVESIDE

A Side Gig With His Grandfather Led to Photography

DIANA MARKOSIAN • Photographer and filmmaker Diana Markosian tells stories as a documentarian, a conceptual artist—or both at once. She has worked around the globe and been published in the New Yorker and the New York Times, as well as National Geographic.

ANAND VARMA • An aspiring biologist in college, Anand Varma got a field assistant job with a National Geographic photographer—and found his calling. Now he specializes in high-definition images of tiny and elusive creatures, made with tools and techniques he has developed.

Passing a Trial by Fire (Ants)

A YEAR ON THE EDGE • A DEADLY VIRUS. LIVES IN LOCKDOWN. PASSIONATE CALLS FOR JUSTICE. THE IMAGES OF 2020 CAPTURED THE HUMANITY OF A TURBULENT TIME.

THE YEAR THAT TESTED US • PART 1 OF 4 VIRUS, PROTESTS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESHAPED OUR WORLD

WORLD IN CHAOS

THE YEAR THAT ISOLATED US • PART 2 OF 4 LOCKED DOWN, STRESSED OUT: OUR SOCIALLY DISTANT WORLD

TOGETHER, ALONE

THE YEAR THAT EMPOWERED US • PART 3 OF 4 A PANDEMIC COULDN’T MASK THE CALLS FOR CHANGE

DEMANDING JUSTICE

THE YEAR THAT HOPE ENDURED • PART 4 OF 4 AMID TRAGEDY, WE FOUND NEW WAYS TO LIVE, THINK, AND HEAL

RENEWING HOPE