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Child in the Snow, Oldham, 1982 Size:30.0 cm x 40.0 cm, 11.8 inches x 15.7 inches I knew nothing of theTaken in 1982, this was one of legendary Guardian photographer Don McPhees favourite photographs, and you can see why: the small child trudging up a hill in Watersheddings, near Oldham, with snow that looks as if it has been sprayed on for a film set. If hed taken it any earlier, the child wouldnt have been framed so beautifully against the wall, says Guardian head of photography, Fiona Shields. It raises questions, too: where is the child going? Is