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Year-end Lists 2021: Photography

A World Ablaze, Captured By Associated Press Photographers In 2021.

CNN's year in pictures.

Reuters' Pictures of the Year 2021.

The most striking images of 2021, according to the BBC.

NBC News' 2021 in Pictures.

The Guardian's best photographs of 2021 – and the stories behind them.

USA Today's Pictures of 2021. 

Photographers on Their One Photo That Summed Up 2021.

People Magazine's 2021: The Year in Pictures.

Al Jazeera's 2021 In Pictures: The best photos from around the world.

Just 13 of the Most Surreal Pictures From 2021.

Buzzfeed's Most Powerful Photos Of 2021.

The Mars rovers Perseverance's most outta-this-world images of 2021.

The Best Images of the Northern Lights in 2021.

27 Photos To Remind You That 2021 Wasn’t Completely Terrible.

See all the year-end lists here.

Year-end Lists 2020: Photography

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are millions of words. 

Can You Believe Your Eyes That All This Happened in 2020?

Here Are The Best Pictures Of Px3 “State Of The World Photography” Contest That Sum Up 2020.

2020 in photographs, from the Associated Press.

National Geographic's Year in Pictures.

Flickr’s Top 25 photos in 2020.

Buzzfeed’s 56 Most Powerful Photos Of This Year.

Earth Looked Like Hell From Space This Year.

TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2020.

CNN's year in pictures.

Reuters' Pictures of the year 2020.

Buzzfeed's Best Photo Stories From This Year.

See all the year-end lists here.

Year-end Lists 2014: Photographs

Whitney Curtis/The New York Times

2014 The Year in Pictures. From the New York Times.

Reuters Best photos of the year 2014. 

The Guardian’s Best photographs of 2014.

74 Of The Most Amazing News Photos Of 2014.

TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2014.

2014: The Year in Photos from The Atlantic, part one, part two, and part three.

The Most Surprising Photos of 2014.

56 Bizarre Things That Happened In 2014.

The Most Astonishing Photos That Won Awards In 2014.

The 52 Strangest Photos Of 2014.

National Geographic’s best travel photographs of 2014.
 

Look at me! Selfies of the year.

See all the 2014 year-end lists.

Year-end Lists 2013: Photographs

The Daily Beast 2013: The Year in Photos.  (Source of the above image.)

TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2013.

National Geographic's Most Memorable News Pictures of 2013. 

The Most Memorable Photos of the Year.

2013: The year in photos.

NASA releases the best photos of Earth taken from space this year.

The 2013 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners.

Reuters Pictures of the Year 2013

Photojournalism at its best. Reuters put their best photographs of the year on a YouTube video to let us all know it's okay to show everyone. See the pictures at your own pace here.

2012 Year-end Lists: Photographs

2012: The Year in Pictures. From the New York Times.

Best photos of the year 2012. From Reuters.

2012: The year in pictures. From CNN.

2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners.

Best of 2012 - National Geographic Magazine Photos of the Year.

The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2012.

The Most Controversial Photos of 2012.

60 Images From 2012 We Want Saved In A Time Machine.

The 40 Happiest Photos Taken This Year. 

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Saigon Soul

A music video capturing life in Saigon today by Ryan Quinn Mattingly.

10 Really Big Uncle Sams

The USA’s Uncle Sam is a big man. He’s almost always depicted as larger than life. And you’ll find him all over the country!

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10 Simple (and Fun) Image Generators

Last week my computer died. I have a new one, but I lost my work notes and bookmarks, so I've been looking through my online archives to get back up to speed. The process is a stroll down memory lane, where I found many image generators that I've had fun with over the years. They'll come in handy, since I can't find my original Photoshop disc!

My Flower Garden

May is beautiful.



A different angle.

Easter Egg Tragedy

Thanks, Rich! All kinds of fun stuff for Easter is up at Miss Cellania.

Peep Show

Super Colon!

The Empire is Full of Baloney

Thanks, Rich!

Whoops!

Described as being from The Department of Cluelessness. (via Consumerist)

What's wrong with this picture?

Seriously, what is up with this seating arrangement? More at Ninja Poodles. (via Unique Daily)

Dancing iPod

Chicomathmom sent me this picture of her Halloween costume. I can't believe people at work were asking her what she was supposed to be! I must admit, the only iPods I've ever seen were on ads and store displays, but even I can recognize one.

Gentrification

A new townhouse development in Toronto put up a billboard showing what kind of community they expect to attract. Someone who goes by the name Defy added cartoon balloons to each, voicing what the neighbors were thinking already. The street art has already been removed, but the pictures are on the net forever. You can see the whole thing in detail at Dead Robot.