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A pandemic year, in photos

‘Apart Together,’ a new photography exhibit at the Annenberg School, shows that despite not being physically in the same place the past 18 months, our shared experiences kept us connected.
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For “Apart Together,” faculty, staff, and students shared the moments they felt best represented their pandemic experience: Baking projects and masked faces and Zoom meetings. Newborns and toddlers and family selfies. Knitting projects and nature. The 2020 Presidential election. And many, many pets.

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