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Roy Hudd as Mother Goose
The best original photographs from the Observer

Original Observer photography: December 2016

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Mr Bumble, Riz Ahmed, Barb from Stranger Things, Teenage Fanclub and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all appear in this month’s showcase of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in December

Roy Hudd as Mother Goose Photograph: Pal Hansen/The Observer
Sat 31 Dec 2016 06.00 ESTLast modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 10.35 EDT
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Actor Shannon Purser, aka Barb in Netflix’s smash-hit show Stranger Things, was photographed in Toronto, Canada, for an interview in the New Review.
Actor Shannon Purser, aka Barb in Netflix’s smash-hit show Stranger Things, was photographed in Toronto, Canada, for an interview in the New Review.Photograph: Christopher Wahl/The Observer
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Chef Fergus Henderson as Mr Bumble from Oliver Twist, shot in Princelet Street in Spitalfields, London, for the Christmas edition of Observer Food Monthly.
Chef Fergus Henderson as Mr Bumble from Oliver Twist, shot in Princelet Street in Spitalfields, London, for the Christmas edition of Observer Food Monthly.Photograph: Phil Fisk/The Observer
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Observer Food Monthly’s Oliver Twist Christmas photoshoot with Gizzi Erskine as Nancy, Fergus Henderson as Mr Bumble, Gary Usher as the Artful Dodger and Giorgio Locatelli as Bill Sikes. The gang taste-tested party foods.
Observer Food Monthly’s Oliver Twist Christmas photoshoot with Gizzi Erskine as Nancy, Fergus Henderson as Mr Bumble, Gary Usher as the Artful Dodger and Giorgio Locatelli as Bill Sikes. The gang taste-tested party foods.Photograph: Phil Fisk/The Observer
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Journalist and television newsreader Fatima Manji was photographed in the Channel 4 newsroom in Gray’s Inn Road, London, to accompany a Q&A in the New Review.
Journalist and television newsreader Fatima Manji was photographed in the Channel 4 newsroom in Gray’s Inn Road, London, to accompany a Q&A in the New Review.Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer
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Retired engineer Peter Oakes was photographed at home in Crewe, as part of a series of ‘super-litigant’ portraits in the magazine – people who represent themselves in court and refuse to give up.
Retired engineer Peter Oakes was photographed at home in Crewe, as part of a series of ‘super-litigant’ portraits in the magazine – people who represent themselves in court and refuse to give up.Photograph: Alex Lake/The Observer
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Retired US pilot Chesley Sullenberger
Retired US pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who saved all the passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 by landing the plane on the Hudson river – he has since been immortalised in the film, Sully – was photographed at Claridge’s Hotel in London for an interview in the New Review.Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer
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Actor Riz Ahmed
Actor Riz Ahmed was interviewed in the magazine ahead of the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.Photograph: Kevin Mackintosh/The Observer
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Actor Adèle Haenel photographed in Paris
Actor Adèle Haenel was photographed in Paris for a Q&A in the New Review ahead of the release of The Unknown Girl.Photograph: Ed Alcock / M.Y.O.P./The Observer
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Observer journalist and author Katharine Whitehorn photographed at her home in north London for the Q&A in the New Review.
Observer journalist and author Katharine Whitehorn photographed at her home in north London for the Q&A in the New Review.Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer
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Teenage Fanclub live at The Junction in Cambridge for a gig review in the New Review.
Teenage Fanclub live at The Junction in Cambridge for a gig review in the New Review.Photograph: Sonja Horsman/The Observer
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Philosopher Slavoj Žižek
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek was photographed in London for This Much I Know in the magazine.Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
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Russell Tovey at his home in London for The Observer Magazine.
Actor Russell Tovey at his home in London for an interview in the magazine.Photograph: Sophia Spring/The Observer
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Zlatan Ibrahimović celebrates after scoring his and Manchester United’s second goal during the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich, England, on 17 December.
Zlatan Ibrahimović celebrates after scoring his and Manchester United’s second goal during the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich, England, on 17 December.Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Comedian and pantomime dame Roy Hudd was photographed as Mother Goose at Wilton’s Music Hall in London for Life on a Plate in Observer Food Monthly.
Comedian and pantomime dame Roy Hudd was photographed as Mother Goose at Wilton’s Music Hall in London for Life on a Plate in Observer Food Monthly.Photograph: Pal Hansen/The Observer
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Veterinarian Maurice Kirk, a qualified pilot, was photographed at home in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as part of a series of portraits of ‘super-litigants’ in the magazine – people who represent themselves in court and refuse to give up.
Veterinarian Maurice Kirk, a qualified pilot, was photographed at home in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, as part of a series of portraits of ‘super-litigants’ in the magazine – people who represent themselves in court and refuse to give up.Photograph: Levon Biss/The Observer
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The journalist and former editor of numerous magazines and now an activist for Woman of the World, Tina Brown, was photographed in her East Side apartment in NYC to accompany an interview in the magazine.
The journalist and former editor of numerous magazines and now an activist for Woman of the World, Tina Brown, was photographed in her East Side apartment in NYC to accompany an interview in the magazine.Photograph: Christopher Lane/The Observer
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Karen Cooper, the manager of Mount Ephraim House, a Greensleeves Care Home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was photographed as part of an article highlighting the crisis in care for the elderly.
Karen Cooper, the manager of Mount Ephraim House, a Greensleeves Care Home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was photographed as part of an article highlighting the crisis in care for the elderly.Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer
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Writer Alan Bennett
Writer Alan Bennett was photographed in the Observer’s studio to accompany an interview in the New Review.Photograph: Pål Hansen/The Observer
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