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Jessie Buckley captured on film by photographer Agata Grzybowska on the set of “Hamnet.” (Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features) Photographs by Agata Grzybowska, Eli Joshua Adé and Merrick Morton Story by Dan Heching, CNNPublished March 11, 2026 Jessie Buckley captured on film by photographer Agata Grzybowska on the set of “Hamnet.” (Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features) A former Marine, a photojournalist who has covered war and a man who got his start documenting the lives of gang members in Los Angeles had a hand in some of the most lauded films of the year, but their work doesn’t live on the big screen. As unit or set photographers, Eli Joshua Adé, Agata Grzybowska and Merrick Morton were tasked with capturing the action and atmosphere on the sets of three of this year’s Oscar-nominated films: “Sinners,” “Hamnet” and “One Battle After Another,” respectively. Their stunning images — haunting, ethereal and bold — speak to the historic nature of the films, and are a testament to the photographers’ own thoughtful approaches to their work. Although their exhilarating finished products are quite different, their techniques are similarly rooted in patience and stealthy movement. “To be able to te