2020’s top photos of the year from The Columbian by Columbian photo staff
This is the year everything went virtual. That doesn’t work for photojournalists. We have to be in the middle of the action to do our jobs. We cannot capture a moment via Zoom.
When the story is a once-in-a-lifetime, slow-moving pandemic, that task is even more daunting. Usually we can see danger and take steps to avoid it while keeping ourselves safe in the field. When the threat is an invisible, possibly deadly virus, we are forced to balance doing our jobs and risking our health.