Photo: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images
While the New Year stands for new beginnings, resolutions, and clean slates, it’s also a chance to look back at 2012… a fascinating year. From the eyepopping athleticism of the Summer Olympics in London and the drama of the U.S. Presidential Election to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the wildfires that ravaged Colorado, there was no lack of engaging photography in 2012. I browsed some of the collective “best of” 2012 and created the roundup below.
Human exaltation, powerful and heartbreaking photojournalism and awe-inspiring sports + nature photography. These photos made me pause and look for an extra second – enjoy.
[I've put the names of photogs/agencies credited under each image - if you're feeling extra sassy, look these photographers up for more great work. Links at the bottom for the galleries from which these images were curated. #respect to all the great photography of 2012. Great year for pictures.
[Also, a little aside... a humble thanks and much gratitude to you for paying attention to what I put out into the world in 2012 and for sharing my feeds / work / love. Big Happy New Year to you and yours. ]
Photo: Francesco Carrozzini
Photo: AP
Photo: Pete Souza/White House
Photo: Manish Swarup / AP
Photo: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP
Photo: Vadim Ghirda / AP
Photo: Maks Levin / AP
Photo: AP
Photo: Susan McConnell
Photo: Scott Mitchell
Photo: Reuters
Photo: Victor R. Caivano/AP
Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh
Photo: Michael Benson
Photo: Matt Slocum
Photo: RedBullStratos
Photo: Pier Paolo Cito/AP
Photo: Matt Cardy
Photo: Kevin Frayer
Photo: John Stanmeyer/VII
Photo: Misha Japaridze/AP
Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
Photo: Maxi Jonas/Reuters
Photo: Jim Watson
Photo: Manu Brabo/AP
Photo: Joe Acaba/NASA/AP
Photo: IwanBaan/GettyImages
Photo: Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images
Photo: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images
Photo: Helen Richardson
Photo: Gregory Bull / AP
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Charles Sykes
Photo: AP
Photo: Ian Joughin/Associated Press
Photo: Diptendu Dutta/AFP:GettyImages
Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Photo: Alvero Berrientos
Photo: Ali Ali/EPA
Photo: Adrees Latif / Reuters
Here are links to some of the “best of” galleries that I curated from:
Huff Post
Boston Big Pic
Boston Big Pic II
Great photos! My favorite is the horse in the fire, great shot.
Wow, me too!!
Your thing is stupid bitch
Great curation, some of Spain, and some of spanish photographers. Happy new year Chase.
Father holding slain son gets me. Makes all those sports ones seem so trite (and I love sports).
I very much agree.
So touching. One can’t even imagine the sorrow.
I used to live in Baltimore and I was cracking up reinadg your post!! (which was good b/c I bawled my eyes out reinadg about Dollbaby too sad for words).What!??! Don’t you want to go to TWO stadiums at the same time!! ; ) lmao oh and driving is an olympic event between the 2 cities the mere mention of inner loop’ or outer loop’ send shivers down my spine ugh
I LIKE
nuff said
Thanks, Chase. BUT, PLEASE!!! “CURATION” ???? this is one of those BS words creeping up on us. How about “my picks” or Pictures I Liked, or A CJ Selection, or CJ’s Best of List… Curation… c’mon… please???
Happy New Year, despite my criticism, I’ll be reading all you write in 2013.
Cheers Brosef!
DQ, did you bother to sort through thousands of images to come up with 40+? Then stop hating and start enjoying the work someone else did for you/
Anonymous… Stop hating? Really?
Not at all feeling the football photo. Theres nothing special about it. No faces, no catch, no real good action.
Great shots, I would like to read the stories behind them. I was deeply emotional with what I believe is the dad holding his dead son.
Really amazing shots telling amazing stories. Thanks for sharing.
BEST PHOTO IS JIM WATSON HUG
super awesome shots, really awesome
Happy New Year! This is a great collection but one minor complaint is that there should have been either captions or links to articles about the images. The significance of the well-known and obvious photos are clear but some of the other photos seem out of place because there’s no context.
Captions would be good too.
Nice selection though.
best photooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i don’t think you got enough photos of obama in there.
powerful!
Certainly interesting choices. Man on fire is shocking and the man holding a dead child is moving. Why no pictures of Obama behaving like a petulant child. Oh wait, those are scrubbed….
Some really fantastic images in there, but the image of The Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, Scotland doesn’t belong IMO (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images). It’s a cliche image in the UK, a million exist just like it all in the same tripod holes in the mud and this one is really not that special. But some of the others that tell a story are very powerful.
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