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This year the picture desk has chosen Hector Retamal as its agency photographer of the year. We spoke to the AFP photojournalist about his experience of covering the Covid pandemic in Wuhan and Shanghai, and take a closer look at his work during 2020
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The Guardian’s team of picture editors select some of the photographers whose work has stood out in 2020
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Between 1935 and 1965, New York was the epicentre of a revolutionary new style of photography. A new exhibition captures its energy
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As Zimbabwe marks 40 years of independence, photographer Hannah Mentz showcases 40 great Zimbabweans, including leading women in their field
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The British artist’s groundbreaking 1986 book Between was inspired by psychoanalysis, post-structuralism and a rejection of art as mere commerce. Yet it contains themes common to us all
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This enormous reservoir spans vast part of the country and submerges whole forests of trees. But it is also bound up with the heartbreaking use of child labour
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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Since lockdown the Italian documentary photographer Andrea Capello, who has lived in London for more than 15 years, has been working as a bike messenger in the evenings. As Covid expands the home delivery business, he has turned his camera to documenting his colleagues
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Guardian photojournalist Sean Smith has been out late at night throughout the pandemic with the people who work daily deep cleaning and decontaminating the capital’s public transport system
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Photographer Cat Vinton’s work follows nomadic people in the natural world, but the pandemic meant being closer to home – living out of her vehicle and exploring the Cornish way of life
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Originally a means of preserving vegetables during winter, kimchi is emblematic of Korean cuisine
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The Dolce by Wyndham Hanoi Golden Lake hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, is billed as the first in the world to be golden both inside and out
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Pandemic lockdowns are leading to rising rates of adolescent pregnancy in Kenya. Reuters photographer Monicah Mwangi documents the pregnancy of secondary school student Jackline Bosibori who lives in Lindi village in Kibera, a large slum area of Nairobi
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