Out of lockdown comes quirky photo projects. Canon Ambassador Nanna Heitmann's story about a quarantined clown was shot in her grandmother's flat in Moscow, where her and a friend spent the first weeks of lockdown trying to make sense of their new reality. Taken on a Canon EOS R with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens at 24mm, 1/125 sec, f/2.8 and ISO2500. © Nanna Heitmann
We don't yet know what 2021 will bring, but we do know one thing – every photographer has had a unique story to tell in the year that went by.
Unlike most years, every genre of photography was affected by a single global event: Covid-19 compelled photographers across the world to rethink the way they work and this led to an array of projects that could only have happened in 2020. From quirky personal projects inspired by unexpected confinement to those made out of necessity due to changes in the commercial landscape and a cultural calendar altered beyond recognition.
Here are five photo stories that all, in different ways, epitomise the times in which we live.