National Geographic’s new Year in Pictures special documents 2020: an ‘unprecedented and unforgettable year’ | Creative Boom


National Geographic’s Year in Pictures documents an ‘unprecedented and unforgettable year’.

Not all viruses lead to global pandemics. Some have evolved to our benefit. An ancient virus called HERV-K may protect human embryos from other viruses, according to Joanna Wysocka, a professor of both chemical and systems biology and of developmental biology at Stanford University. When an embryo reaches the eight-cell stage (as projected at left), HERV-K is activated and may nudge the cells to build proteins that shield them from infection. It turns off when the embryo implants in the uterus. Ancient viruses make up nearly 8 percent of human DNA, with HERV-K joining an ancestor’s genome more than 30 million years ago. Scientists like Wysocka are continuing to untangle how viruses have become a part of us. (Craig Cutler/National Geographic)

 

This year, storied publication National Geographic has published its ‘The Year in Pictures’ campaign in print for the first time, showcasing powerful photographs from an “unprecedented and unforgettable year”.

Well-known for its incredible use of photography, the mag’s campaign aims to offer people a glimpse of 2020 though the unique lens of National Geographic in a new single-topic issue format.

The Year in Pictures publication forms the January issue and is split into four themes: the year that tested us, the year that isolated us, the year that empowered us and the year that hope endured. “The powerful photographs featured in the issue capture the year that shook the world to its core and shaped realities in ways that were previously unimagined,” says National Geographic.

“In our 133 years, National Geographic has never singled out one year for a retrospective like this. But if ever a year demanded that, 2020 does,” says National Geographic editor in chief, Susan Goldberg.[…]

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