2013: New Year celebrations around the world
From fireworks to 2013 glasses and hats, here’s a look at New Year celebrations around the world.
Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
24 hours with...
A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
Dec. 31 Photo Brief: Fiscal cliff plan emerges, why 2012 was the worst year for elephants, 2013 celebrations
Fiscal cliff plan emerges in U.S. Congress, why 2012 was the worst year for elephants, 2013 celebrations and more in today’s daily photo brief.
2012 Reader SunShots winners
From contest topics like ‘Think Pink’ to ‘Geometric’ to ‘City Life,’ here’s a look at the winning Reader SunShots photos in 2012.
Rough Cut: A raw edit from the Ravens 23-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals
“Rough Cut” is a loose edit from The Baltimore Sun’s photographic coverage of the National Football League. Fanatic fans, marching bands, cheerleaders and lots of game action are just part of the spectacle that is the NFL. This week photojournalists Gene Sweeney Jr. and Kenneth K. Lam photographed the Baltimore Ravens 23-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati.
Dec. 28 Photo Brief: Brain farming, Scottish reindeer, an egg fight in Spain, elephant soccer
Britain’s reindeer herd, an egg fight in Spain, elephant soccer in Nepal, a larger than life brain in an Indonesian farm field and more in today’s daily brief.
2012: Baltimore Sun’s Year in Pictures
Wilson Hicks, former Executive Editor for Life Magazine, once wrote, “The most graphic reporting is eyewitness reporting. ‘I was there, I saw it happen, it was like this.’ In journalistic print, the firsthand account which comes closest to reproducing the actuality of an event is the picture…”
Baltimore Sun photographers were on hand to witness and photograph the highs and lows of 2012, from the resurgent Orioles making the playoffs for the first time in 15 years to the devastation of Superstorm Sandy.
The images in this gallery are a sampling of these pictures as selected by Sun Director of Photography Robert Hamilton. Some of these photographs are from significant events that shaped the lives of people; others are small moments of universal truths.
2012: Sports Pictures of the Year
From the Summer Olympics and Michael Phelps becoming the most decorated Olympian of all time to boxing fights and Mexican wrestling, here’s a look at the best sports images from around the world in 2012.
Dec. 27 Photo Brief: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari launches political career, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, heat wave in Brazil, 2013
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari launches political career, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home rescues abandoned pets, heat wave in Brazil, 2013 in lights and more in today’s daily brief.
2012: Pictures of the Year
The best images from around the world that shaped the news of 2012.
Dec. 26 Photo Brief: Boxing Day hunt, swimsuits in minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit, New Year’s firecrackers rush, Elephant Race event
Boxing Day in Britain, swimsuits in minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit, New Year’s firecrackers production rush, Elephant Race event in Nepal and more in today’s daily brief.