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Emily Goddard

Emily Goddard is a journalist, sub-editor and photographer specialising in social affairs and marginalised communities. Her work has been published in The Independent, The Guardian, Vice, i-D, Dazed, HuffPost, Al Jazeera and the British Journal of Photography, and she received an honourable mention in the portrait category at the 2016 International Photography Awards.

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