The British Journal of Photography’s first issue of 2021, themed Then & Now, reflects upon the extraordinary events of 2020. It also looks back further in history, in an attempt to shed light on the present day.

In this issue:

• Marisol Mendez denounces the colonial gaze with passionate portraits of Bolivian women
• Rafal Milach ruminates on the symbolism of walls throughout the century
• Sasha Phyars-Burgess follows generations of families living in the African diaspora
• Jörg Colberg warns of the dangers of the rise of the far-right in Germany