2020 in Review
Picture This: How Capital & Main Photographers Captured the Year
From street protests to COVID coverage to wildfires and beyond, our photographers were in the thick of the action.

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David Bacon: Fresno, California
Steve is a homeless man who lives next to the railroad tracks and irrigation canal near the airport. He has his possessions in a shopping cart.
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Ted Soqui: All Black Lives Matter
All Black Lives Matter March from Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, Hollywood, to West Hollywood.
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Steve Appleford: Home, Seized Home
Martha Escudero; 42, with her two daughters (left) Victoria; 10; and Meztli; 8; left in the El Sereno home she seized two days before with Reclaim LA.
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Joanne Kim: Food in Time of COVID
A man waits in his car as his trunk is packed with produce and eggs at the Farm Box Program.
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Ted Soqui: Saving Mount Wilson
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a hot spot of September’s Bobcat Fire and a small rainbow is reflected on the mist.
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Steve Appleford: Anti-Lockdown Protesters
“Reopen America” protesters rally at Los Angeles City Hall to call for an end to shutdown measures.
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Ted Soqui: COVID Blue
Cars line up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium for drive-through COVID-19 testing.
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David Bacon: Tulare County
Farmworker Sara Toledo picks pluots in California’s Central Valley. Her bandanna doubles as protection from the elements and COVID-19.
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Brooke Anderson: The Call to “Free Them All”

Police advance on protesters gathered outside of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mansion to call for the release of prisoners during the pandemic.
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Ted Soqui: Celebrating Biden’s Win
Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood was taken over with street celebrations following the announcement of Joe Biden’s victory.
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Samantha Shanahan: Milwaukee’s Black Middle Class
Barbara Toles, a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, says that her success would be more difficult for Black children in Milwaukee today.
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David Bacon: Oakland Rent Strike

A tenant at an Oakland apartment complex where residents mounted a rent strike against Mosser Capital.
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