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We asked The Journal's 15 photographers to pick their favorite photos of 2008 and tell us a little something about what they were working on this year.

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Sandor Bodo

"The mundane can sometimes reveal real magic."

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Kathy Borchers

Borchers spent much of 2008 working with Journal medical writer Felice Freyer on The Price of Miracles, a series on premature birth, which started in November and will continue into 2009.

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More by Borchers: An update on a story and photos she did in 1999 about Taylor Marcello, a Scituate girl who is a primordial dwarf

Bob Breidenbach

"In shooting sports, I try to approach each game with the goal of trying to capture something different than the last game I covered, giving people a different perspective."

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Kris Craig

Craig has been a Journal staff photographer since 1985.

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More by Craig: The Gangs of Providence: In the Renaissance City, the streets are what many youths call home

Andrew Dickerman

Dickerman has been a Journal staff photographer since 1969.

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Gretchen Ertl

Ertl says one of the highlights of 2008 was covering the New Hampshire presidential primary.

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John Freidah

Telling the stories of the countless Rhode Islanders have either lost a home to foreclosure, are challenged with finding affordable housing, or after a lifetime of employment, have lost a job, has been my greatest effort in 2008.

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More by Freidah:
Gay Evolution:
Step by step through Rhode Island history, a counter-culture becomes mainstream

Borrowing Trouble: A special report on the impact of foreclosure in Rhode Island

Connie Grosch

"I am always amazed and gratified by the willingness of people to share their poignant, compelling, or simply funny stories with me and our readers."

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Bill Murphy

Murphy says photographing peregrine falcons as they nested atop the Bank of America building in downtown Providence this year was a once in a lifetime experience that he got to do twice.

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Mary Murphy

"I enjoyed photographing U.S. Sen. Jack Reed for G. Wayne Miller's story, A Humble Path to Power, documenting the life of Rhode Island's senior senator in Washington."

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