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Photojournalist Dominic Gwinn, center right, creator of The Smoke Eater, takes notes as news of voting irregularities breaks during Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s post-caucus rally during the 2020 Iowa caucuses in Des Moines on Feb. 3, 2020. Photo by Rick Majewski.

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Dominic Gwinn

@dominicgwinn

Freelance photojourno. Seen in AP, WaPo, WSJ, USA Today, etc. I reply with .gifs, still listen to ska & like cute critters. I write The Smoke Eater on Substack.

Sav Adler

@savadler

a storyteller relentlessly searching for the magic in this world