This photographer documented life as a young person during the pandemic

[Raeann Shipp]

CNN New Year’s Eve 2020 was peculiar for many of us. As Coronavirus continued to sweep the globe, usual end-of-year reflections were replaced by a build-up of collective grief. Around the world, Covid-19 socializing restrictions put obstacles in the way of celebrations.

[Raeann Shipp]

For German photographer Valentin Goppel, the uniqueness of the situation was underscored by his companions: [CNNCongratulations]1[CNNCongratulations]
 Instead of his spending the night with his flatmates as he would do usually, he was instead alone with his girlfriend’s younger brother and two of his friends, making the initial images for what would become Goppel’s first photobook, “Zwischen den Jahren.”