Community in Focus | The Phillips Collection

Thank you for sharing your 2020 with us.

Our Community in Focus project captured the human emotions that connect us all—joy, suffering, resilience, and everything in between. Wishing everyone a 2021 filled with community and connection.

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January & February

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Photograph of empty road and blue skies in Palm Springs California — Alice Hu, January 1

Photograph of empty tables and chairs — Barry Dunn, February 5

Photograph of woman looking into the distance — Carolyn Norton, February 14

March

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Photo of sonogram on a baby shirt with the Capitol in the distance — Kaitlyn D. Anderson, March 3

Photograph of a baseball stuck in the bottom of a chainlink fence — Owen Roberts, March 9

Photo of someone cutting the hair of someone that is playing the piano — Mei Morin, March 21

Photograph of a store with a closed sign — Lesley Wright, March 29

April

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Photograph of a person laying on a lawn next to a cat — Liv Ferguson, April 1

Photograph of a row of wheelchairs against a brick building — Sam Tan, April 6

Photograph of man holding packages of toilet paper and paper towels — Bonita Bing, April 20

Black and white photograph of holding hands — Jen Anglin, April 23

Photograph of EMS volunteers helping someone into an ambulance in front of a house — Ed Kashi, April 28

May

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Photograph of people lined up outside on a sidewalk, with masks on — Sheng Lin, May 2

Sepia photo of two people dressed up in prom attire, with masks on, not touching — Smita Parida, May 14

Photograph of large building with windows spelling out "KIND" — Vanessa Brown, May 14

Black and white photograph of a person sitting on a bed with a computer and a cat — Laura Adams, May 20

Photograph of a protest at night — Michael Ryan, May 30

Photograph of a Black Lives Matter protest — Michele Rozga, May 31

June

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Black and white photograph of a protestor confronting armed police — Giselle Palma, June 3

Photograph of a person holding a sign that says "We won't stop until everyone can breathe" — Eric Chang, June 4

Photograph of someone wearing yellow pants standing on a street painted yellow — Frank Day, June 5

Photograph of four people writing in chalk on the sidewalk — Rohi Pandya, June 5

Photograph of people camped out by the Seattle Police Department — Whitney Rearick, June 14

Photograph of a small child holding a "Black Lives Matter" sign — Cindy Zork, June 20

July

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Photograph of young child in dress sitting in front of a red wall — Andre Bierzynski, July 10

Photograph of two empty red chairs next to a pond — Cathy Erlich, July 13

Photo of a building with a statue that has been removed with cones around where it used ot be — Diane Helentjaris, July 22

Photograph of people in socially distanced lines, waiting to pay respects to Representative John Lewis are treated to a rainbow over the Supreme Court. — Karon Flage, July 28

Photograph of oncoming storm over open road — Richard Bowditch, July 28

August

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A person standing in a field of flowers, with the sun shining — Victoria Ford, August 9

Photo of someone's hand holding flowers with a dog in the background — April Thompson, August 19

Photograph of a man walking in front of a Black Lives Matter mural, holding a sign — Sahara Artiga-Oliver, August 14

Photograph of a small child sitting with their grandmother next to a fireplace — Sara Yousefnejad Gallagher, August 27

Collage of photographs of a man at a protest — Amir Alibabaie, August 27

Photograph of a person walking by the Capitol, backlit by the sun — Inaki Sanchez-Ciarrusta, August 30

September

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Photograph of person playing the guitar in an empty tunnel — Maurice Narcis, September 12

Photograph of crashing waves — Stephan Estrada, September 16

Photograph of flowers and candles in front of the Supreme Court — Ambrose Vurnis, September 19

October

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Photograph of a woman standing next to a painting of her standing in a room — Valerie Hardy, October 3

Photograph of a man and woman smiling sitting close to each other on a couch — Grace Zade, October 10

Photograph of a child looking at an iPhone, on a grassy field — Tisa Sinclair, October 17

Photograph of mother holding newborn baby in the hospital — Arjun Rihan, October 17

Photograph of a vase in the shape of a fist holding flowers — Amanda Young, October 25

Illustration of a map of the US cut in two with profiles of peoples faces and US flag background — Joshua Nimley, October 30

November

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Photograph of a young boy asleep, with an "I Voted" sticker in his hand — Stacy Scoma, November 3

Photograph of a woman walking in front of a boarded up building — Becky Davis, November 5

Photograph of a young girl on someone's shoulders in a cheering crowd outside — Todd Bosch, November 7

Photograph of a man sitting on boulders, deep in thought — Scott MacConomy, November 10

Photograph of two large pieces of salmon with spices — Charles K. Steiner, November 14

Photograph of a small group of high school students dressed up for a dance in a garage, with masks on, due to covid — Maria Winner, November 14

Photograph of a handwritten sign that reads "Meeting in progress" outside of a office door — Khun Nyan Min Htet, November 29

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