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BY NATE SWANSON

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Nate Swanson is a photo journalist at Ohio University who placed second in the Photo Journalism Features and News Competition of the 2020 - 2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. He currently works as the photo editor for The Post.

Many of the photos I took captured pivotal moments of 2020 both in Athens and in Chicago, where I’m from and where I learned to use a camera as a teenager starting out in high school. Much of what I submitted for Hearst was from assignments I took while working as photo editor with The Post, while others were taken when I was home in Chicago.

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An enormous crowd of Ohio University students follow and protest far-right gun rights advocate Kaitlin Bennett as she enters Baker University Center on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Bennett has gained popularity and infamy for her work as an Infowars contributor and as a member of libertarian media outlet Liberty Hangout.

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Protestors clash with Chicago police officers on Saturday, May 30, 2020. CPD retaliated by deploying multiple cans of tear gas and wielding their batons during several scuffles in the streets and alleyways. Protestors marched their way through The Loop and Lake Shore Drive just days after George Floyd was killed at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, leaving behind a trail of glass and fire with millions of dollars in destroyed property. The day of riots eventually ended with the bridges raised over the Chicago River so officers could attempt to trap and arrest the demonstrators.

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A child gives a thumbs down toward the media following President Trump's notorious disapproval of the "fake news" at his Circleville, Ohio, rally on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.