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Cover photo credits (from top left, clockwise) for The Road ness with us on location, to the edit suite, different needs, as we all work towards In the end, you’ll be that much closer to To Emmy, part 14: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Netflix; and when presenting rough cuts to cli- the same outcome. If we’re not centered, Nirvana--and that hardware your ego is Chernobyl, photo by Liam Daniel/HBO; Ozark, photo by Jessica Miglio/Netflix; When They See Us, photo by Atsushi ents. We see everything and contemplate then no one is. really in it for. Nishijima/Netflix; Jack Ryan, Amazon; Fleabag, photo by Steve Schofield/Amazon. Cinematographers & Cameras outcomes because we look for the truth. Swirling around us are the anxiety-rid- Kristoffer Knutson is a producer at Min- photo: True Detective, photo by Warrick Page/HBO. Truth is what we find amidst the or- den egos of our creatives. Riding in their neapolis-based agency MONO. 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