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At the Met Gala, Lil Nas X triumphed in gold, Kim Kardashian was encased in black, A$AP Rocky coveted a colorful blanket, Billie Eilish was Marilyn, and much skin was on show.

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No more Zoom, no more stars at home. At the Oscars, Regina King, Carey Mulligan, Viola Davis, Zendaya, Chloé Zhao, and Colman Domingo were all dressed up with somewhere to go.

From tech startup CEO to globe-trotting photographer, Christopher Michel has seen it all. And he’s just getting started.

Many people hit a point in their lives when they realized this year was like nothing they could have expected.

From COVID-19 and civil-rights protests to the death of Kobe Bryant and a totally insane U.S. presidential election, 2020 was a year that shook the world to its core.

In a hellish year dominated by a worldwide pandemic and an election circus, The Daily Beast art team spun flaming garbage into illustration gold.

When photographer Ian Brown started his American Dreams portrait project 12 years ago, he had no idea of the breadth of response he’d get from diverse voices across the country.

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