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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Your Favorite Images of 2010

Happy New Year!

I'm starting off with a toast to health, happiness, and productivity...may 2011 be a fertile and creative year for us all! This is my favorite post of the year...I look forward to all the submissions and was thrilled that close to 400 photographers took the time to submit during the busy holiday season.

I'm always curious to see what resonates with individual image makers. Choosing a favorite image is an undoubtedly difficult decision. For some photographers, a favorite image might be something more personal and significant, like this one made by Ken Rosenthal and Lisa Robinson:



For others, it might be the most recent imagery, when the photograph feels fresh and new--this was evidenced by so many last minute submissions holding out hope for one last good shot--like this one by Ken Rosenthal and Lisa Robinson, as of yesterday (Harper Robinson Rosenthal 12-31-2010, 2:56 am. 7 lbs. 3 oz., 20")...big congrats!



For me, it's often about what's in focus or what surprises show up in my negatives.

What I also find interesting about this post is that the images below range from photographers who will have their work showcased for the first time to significant photographers who have had museum exhibitions. It's my thought that we are all on photographic journeys, some at the beginning of our learning curves, and some who have been at it for years, but ultimately we all share the same passion and why not bump up against each other once in awhile?

Thank you for sharing your favorite images--this blog post doesn't do them justice, so feel free to click on an image to see it larger....and send a photographer a compliment if you like their work. Submit to future Lenscratch exhibitions and thank you for looking at your life and the world with curiosity and compassion.

YOUR PERSONAL FAVORITES OF 2010

Oliver Laude, In Pro Per, from the "A cricketer's sneeze" series, Tracy, CA


Russell Joslin, Horizon, Minneapolis, MN


Kendall Messick, Untitled, from the Swann Song Project, New York, NY


Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Go on Girl, Cheer me up! 2010, Harlem NYC, NY


Dan Busta, 40 Day Flood, In Studio at The Forge, Los Angeles, CA


Ann Texter, The Sirens, Georgetown, TX


Elizabeth Opalenik, Attached Awakening, 2010, Oakland, CA


Susan Worsham, Thirteen, Richmond, VA


Selina Roman, Untitled (White), Tampa, FL


Susan Gray, Butterflies!, Beattie House (historic), Bennett Street, Greenville, SC


Deb Schwedhelm, Balloons, Lansing, Kansas


Mary Ellen Bartley, Summer Nights Walking, from Standing Open series, Wainscott, NY


Elizabeth Fleming, Play, Maplewood, NJ


Jefferson Hayman, Glass on the Edge of a Table, New York City, NY


Camden Hardy, Drift: Follow the Water, #8. July 2010, Tucson, AZ


Claire Mallett, Morning Constitutional, Los Angeles, CA


August Conwell, The Order of Things, New North Cemetary, Nantucket, MA


Rose-Lynn Fisher, Waggle Dancer, Hollywood, CA


Jonathan Blaustein, one dollar's worth of duck egg from the farmer's market, from The Value of a Dollar, Taos, NM, 2010.


Tammy Cromer-Campbell, Diane Wilson, Seadrift, TX


Andrey Bogush, Bluebell on River Bank, Imatra, Finland


Thomas Alleman
, New York, 2010, New York, NY


Charlotte Oestervang, Retired homicide detective Louie Scarcella, Brooklyn, NY


Matt Kowal, Captives ; Lost in a heap near a window or why did he have to die like this or why don't I take a nap and you try to act sad, Boston, MA


Allison Donnelly, Meet, Durham, NC


Joeri van Veen, untitled, Naarden, the Netherlands


Jordanna Kalman, Odile at Three Weeks, NY


Sarah Hadley, Margaret, 2010, Los Angeles, CA


Lisa Callamaro, Violet, Long Beach, CA


Shea Naer, The Quality of Mercy is Not Strain'd, Hollywood, CA


Lauren Henkin, Salt Spring, 2010, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada


Charlie Grosso, Butcher, Walking Away, from Wok the Dog Series, Havana, Cuba


Tread, Time & Life Building smoke break, New York City, NY


Todd Sanchioni, Road worker, Highway 3, Laos 2010


Bastienne Schmidt, Egyptian Light, Cairo, Egypt


Betty Schlueter, two girls in fog, Chandler, AZ


Bill Vaccaro, Lightning Fireworks, Gary, IN


Brian Haberman, Birthing, Cheyenne,WY


Tim Anderson, Minnie and the Mask #5388, Albuquerque, NM


Ellen Jantzen, Pleading Innocence, Illinois


Thomas Wieland, Schlossplatz​, Berlin, Germany


Akihito Yamamoto, a summer festival of the locals, Sapporo, Japan


Carmen Luceno, I See Horses in L.A.,Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA


Elodie Khavarani, Petite Parisienne, Champs-Elysées, Paris


Milos Spasovic, A New Beginning, Malmö, Sweden


Amanda Keller Konya, 24 Hour Child Care, Los Angeles, CA


Lydia Marcus, Coming or Going, Studio City, CA


A. Scott Britton, Polished Red Apple, Washington, DC


Tom Leininger, Lion, where?, Fort Worth, TX


Stephen Mallon, Splish, Atlantic Ocean


Kerry Mansfield, Beach No.07, from the series, Grounded, San Francisco, CA


Ashley West Leonard, Salamader, Los Angeles, CA


Lisa Boughter, Untitled, from the series Periphery, Haverford, PA


Anastasia Pottinger, With Blanket, from the series, Isaac, on the highway between OK and TX


Rick Lieder, Smoking Mouse, Detroit MI


Ajay Malghan, Postcard to Gustav, Tybee Island, GA


Mary Shannon Johnstone, Dog Plays While Man Is Down, 6/9/10, 104 Redgate, Backyard, Cary, NC


Polly Chandler, Lay Your Head Where My Heart Used To Be, Austin, TX


Philippe Spigolon, Take five, From the series inspired by " Take five " ( The Dave Brubeck Quartet -
1961 ) and made during a coffee break at the hospital where I work, Albi , France


Jamey Stillings, Abandoned Unbuilt Subdivision, Las Vegas, NV, December 14, 2010


Kati Mennett, Stranger, Sandwich, MA


Paolo Morales, Ed at Foley's, Boston, MA


Scott B. Davis, Shed, Silver Lake, Silver Lake, CA


Ann Mitchell, Dayton Hwy Study #1, from the Ordinary Beauty series, Chico, CA


Rania Matar, Shannon 21, Boston 2010, from A Girl and her Room, Boston, MA


Lori Vrba, Rebecca's Palm, Chapel Hill, NC


Michelle Marie Murphy, Resale USA, Cleveland, OH


Randy Magnus, Entertainer/Dancer for the Queen of Thailand's Birthday Celebration 2010, Bangkok, Thailand


Sheila Arens, Cunha, Cunha, SP Brazil


Deborah Parkin, Catbells, Keswick, UK


Sara Jane Boyers, 747 Wing House Abstract, Malibu, CA


Susan Barnett, Stop Violence Against Women, from the series Not In Your Face, New York


Garry Loughlin, Eoin '10, Dublin, Ireland


Sean Perry, Arabesque, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY


Rita Bernstein, Journey, Philadelphia, PA


Judy Gelles, China Doll (part of a series of 4th graders from around the world), Beijing, China


Kevin J. Miyazaki, pond, Nan Lian Garden, Hong Kong


Gordon Stettinius, George Jones & Ranger from Notes from U.S. Route 1 (A homeless vet and his therapy dog), Mims, Florida


Julie Bindas-Sanchez, Conjurer, Oak Ridge, NJ


Ron Resnick, Creosote Bush In Desert Wash , The Pinto Basin Wilderness, Joshua Tree National Park, CA , January 2010


Liz Lantz, Untitled, Immenstad am Bodensee, Germany


Angela Bacon-Kidwell, Awakening Yangzhou, Texas


Terri Gold, Ben, A Wyoming Cowboy, Shell, Wyoming


Carl Corey, 3108 - Mary P. McCarrier holding Grandfathers Picture, from For Love and Money,Globe House Furnishings - est 1888 - Closed 2010, Marinette, WI


Christopher Rauschenberg, Paris, 2010


Mike Peters, Gabrielle and Jon with Charlie McCarthy, Coney Island, NY


Pete Brook, Sticks. After Asger Carlsen, Tarapaya Thermal Pool, Potosi, Bolivia


Will Arnold, We Can Burn Our Foreclosed Homes in Effigy, Champaign, IL


Robert Norbury, Roundhay Park, Leeds, Yorkshire, England


Jan Koster, IJssel-delta, Netherlands


Walker Pickering, Motel Bien Venido, Alpine, TX


Mimi Haddon, Balloons, Los Angeles, CA


Erik van der Weijde, This is not my Wife, Natal, Brazil


Mark Berndt, Reflection, Los Angeles, CA


Dee Chaneva, My New House Has Stripes, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK


Erica Moffitt, Untitled, backyard, Northern NJ


Ernie Button, Pyramids, Shenzhen, China


Manuel Vazquez, Tony's Tower, Royal Opera House, London


Jin Zhu, Spaceship (The Hunting Party), Southern Idaho


Paul Giguere, Little Sister, Big Brother, from the Faith de las Personas series, Cuernavaca, Mexico


Patrick Taberna, Cochem, Deutschland


Zac Wray, Mal du Pays, Stockton, CA


Laura Pickett Calfee, Seven Plums, Driftwood, TX


Bill Chapman, Moesia Davis, Rickwood Field, Birmingham, AL


Brooks Jensen, Propellers, Dakota Creek Industries, 2010, Anacortes, Washington


Thom Greifenstein, Last Drop, Little Rock, AK


Ray Carofano, Red Island#1, Salton Sea, CA


Tom Paiva, On the Welland Canal at Night, Canada


Ashly Stohl, Dog Day’s End, Venice, CA


Ahmer Inam, Confluence, Charlotte, NC


Erin Leydon (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Consume, Florence, Italy


John Bridges, Isolate, Arkansas


Pekka Nikrus (Helsinki, Finland), Bungalow 114, Chintakiri Resort, Koh Tao, Koh Tao, Thailand


Vicky Slater, Spitting Snow, England


Trevor Christensen, Chinatown, New York, NY


Andrew Phillips, Rock On!, Alexandria, VA


Judith Loniak, Competitor Cross-Tacks, San Pedro, CA


Jade Doskow, Pool, Poconos, PA


Ion Zupcu, January 7, 2020, from Painted Cubes, Hopewell Junction, NY


Monica L. Shulman, She's Sitting Now, New York, NY


Daniel Ochoa, Sausages, Fenway Park, Boston, MA


Jason (Woei-Ping) Chen, Untitled, New York, NY


Wendy Marijnissen, Untitled, Karachi, Pakistan


Thouraya Battye, Amelie, Mortdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia


Michael Askew, Gate, Pasadena, CA


Gilda Davidian, Nate, Sierra Madre, CA


Anthony Korotko Hatch, Landscape 7906 (Landscape with Two Skies and Tiger), Los Angeles, CA


Andrew Wurster, The Walker, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Julian Ward, They left their disguises behind, Austin, TX


Dan Connolly, John, Rhode Island


Deborah Martin, Wonder Valley RV, Wonder Valley, CA


Gina Kelly, Mac, Minneapolis, MN


Douglas McCulloh, Untitled, Los Angeles, CA


Julie Meridian, Nautilus at Tide, Evanston, IL


Jack Radcliffe, Taz with Camper, Pikesville, MD


Sean Fader, You Probably Think this Song is About You, Chicago, IL


Grace Weston, Laundry Day (Mt. St. Helen), Portland, OR


Robbie Kaye, Yoshi, 85, Los Angeles, CA


Alexander Bagno, Sea Wind, Okhotsk Sea, near Magadan, Russia


Britney Anne Majure, Michael, from series Eisbaden Berlin, Orankesee, East Berlin


Antoine Blanchet, Mon échelle de vie, Saint Tropez, France


David Torrence, Skateboarders, St. Louis, MO


Martin Cox, Echo Park in Winter, Los Angeles, CA


Aaron Hobson, Goliath's Smoke, Basement, Adirondacks, NY


Linda Plaisted, Clairvoyant, from the Masquerade series, Frederick, MD


Dana Curran, Exhale, Plymouth, MA


Alek Lindus, Fragile, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece


Jack Yu, Garden, Dallas, TX


Justin Spaull, She Consumes Me, Newcastle, Australia


Judy Hoffman, The Happy Wheel, Newland, NC


Deanna Dikeman, Colorado Star Ball, pink print with hands, 2010, Westminster, CO


Deborah Hamon, Jump, Iceland


Wayne Levin, Black Birds at Sunset, Northern Kentucky


Nancy Baron, Lee's Gone, Liberace's Palm Springs Estate, Los Angeles, California


Janet L. Pritchard, "Whiteout on Beartooth Pass in June", from the series Views from Wonderland, vol. 1: the Visitors, Wyoming


Jean Miele, Untitled (December 2010), Lat: 26,36.76N / Lon: 80,2.03W


Deon Reynolds, Newark Ranch, Eureka, NV


Antone Dolezal, Abandoned Home, Oklahoma 2010, Texas County, Oklahoma


Jan von Holleben, Wintercolours, Berlin, Germany


Kate Pollard, Francisco, New Jersey


Martin Tsien, Circulation, New York, NY


Grant Hamilton, Bikini Atoll, Wellington, UT


Jess T. Dugan, Amiee in her piercing shop, Provincetown, MA


James Longmire, Eddie's 24th, Austin TX


Shawn Robinson, Elaine, Los Angeles, CA


Michael Werner, Lands of Milk and Honey, Tiergarten Berlin , Berlin, Germany


Manjari Sharma, Anastasia, Matapoisette, New Enland


Lydia Panas, Calamari, Kutztown, PA


Julie Blackmon, Concert, Springfield, MO


Annewil Stroo, Passing By, Paris, France


Ashay Kshirsagar, Baa, Mumbai, India


Mark Indig, Broadway, Downtown LA, CA


Tom M. Johnson, Larry, Tintype, Lakewood, CA


Philip B. Bowser, Pink On Hay, Portland, OR


J Mauterer, Waiting in Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile


Germán Herrera, The Embrace, 2010, Surface of earth


Mitch & Brittany, Out For Revenge, Loa Angeles, CA


Andi State, bye birds, Montreal, Canada


Neil Craver, Limits of Representation from the Omni-Phantasmic series, North Carolina


Katie Shapiro, Papa looking into the camera one month before he passed, Los Angeles, CA


Jeff McLane, Venice Blvd, 2010, Venice, CA


Svjetlana Tepavcevic, Griffin, April 2010, Palm Springs, CA


Blake Andrews, Oakland Garage, 2010, Oakland, CA


Jeff Dojillo, Joey and Nate , from the The Romance of Mourning series, Los Angeles, CA


Kirsten Hoving, Fallen Angel, Addison County Fair, VT


Ann Cutting, untitled, Pasadena, CA


Honey Lazar, Glamour, Hunting Valley, OH


Blue Mitchell, Dogwood (Self Portrait), Holga Wide Pinhole, Portland, OR


Bruce Barone, Portrait of Alice,West Springfield, Massachusetts


Diana Greene, Awake, Winston-Salem, N


Joelle Jensen, Nesting II, New York, NY


Claudia Kunin, What May Come, 3D anaglyphic image viewable with cyan/red glasses


Patricia Houghton Clarke, Schroderstrasse, 10, Mitte, Berlin


Jennifer Schlesinger-Hanson, Object Diaspora #27, Santa Fe, NM


Anne Berry, Nola (gorilla), Wuppertal, Germany


H Wesley Phillips, Polyphemus Moth, Greenville SC


Fred Deaton, Carousel Horse Adornment On A Childs Grave, Hebron Community of Marshall County, Alabama


Jane Fulton Alt, Burn No. 26, Evanston, IL


Taco Anema, The Board of LAGA, a student society for rowing at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Garret M. Clarke, Mother of the Chief , Sri Lanka


Ben Roberts, Road Trip to Philly, I-276 New Jersey Turnpike Extension, crossing the Delaware River


Heidi Lender, untitled, from the self-portrait series Green Dress, Garberville, CA


Margot Quan Knight, Joel 1979, Steubens, Seattle, WA


Cole Thompson, Monolith No. 10, Bandon, Or


Laura Parker, Mr. Cris, Pasadena, CA


Cath. An., La part de l’Ange…, France


Brian Faini, Untitled, Joshua Tree National Park, CA


Sherri Johnson, Sunset couple in Malibu, Malibu, CA


Douglas Stockdale, House Cleaning, from Ciociaria,Fiuggi, Italy


Martine Fougeron, L'Amour Fou:Tendresse, from the Tête-a-Tête Series, Domaine de l'Escalere, Pays Basque, France


Mark Mosinski, Las Vegas Sign, Las Vegas, NV


Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin, Harry Potter, Los Angeles CA


Aaron Brumbelow, Untitled, Savannah, GA


David Welch, Material Culture Totem, Savannah, GA


Amanda Sills, Re-un-insatiable-ize, Dallas, TX


Kip Praslowicz, Swing and a Miss, Minnesota, MN


Siri Kaur, Sister, Misty Fjords, AK


Valery Rizzo, Skateboarders, Midwood, Brooklyn, NY


Nate Larson + Marni Shindelman, Geolocation: Missing My Bloke, Nottingham, England


Jake Stangel, Justin, Lake Powell, UT


Keith Johnson, Mac Music, Boston, MA


Mitch Dobrowner, Bear's Claw, Moorcroft, WY


Cara Boyer, Water Study, West Lebanon, IN


Joseph O. Holmes, West Nineteenth Street (Yellow Dress), New York, NY


Joni Sternbach, 10.02.18 #7 Ben, Malibu, CA


Tom Chambers, Caging The Songbird, Mexico


Timothy Archibald, Untitled, 2010, from the series "Outerspace", Hercules, CA


Eric William Carroll, Speed of Dark #148, Peterborough, NH


Lane Collins, Color Wheel, Montezuma, Costa Rica


Liz Kuball, Untitled (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, CA


Frank Biringer, Me and Herr Juell, Stord, Norway


Andi Schreiber, Bar Mitzvah, Rye, NY


Eric Bickford, Rivets 3, NC


Kathryn Osgood, Olin & Greta, Vinalhaven, ME


Patricia Lay-Dorsey, Urban Innocent, Detroit, MI


Debbie Yates, Pictures of my Father, Halifax


Brian J. Morrison, Angry Midget, Bangor, Co Down, Northern Ireland


David Westrop, Cityscape #3, Ottawa, Canada


Sylvia de Swaan, Reflection in a Splintered Glass , River Road, Marcy, NY


Kelly Flynn, The Fall of Superman, Monster Jam - Las Vegas World Finals, NV


Doug McGoldrick, Lake forest busser, Lake Forest, IL


Bianca Dorso, Memorial Day, Vet's Cemetery, West Los Angeles, CA


Ann Mansolino, untitled, Whittier, CA


Marika Dee, A new chapter in the history of Kosovo, Shar Mountains, Kosovo


Stan Keetley, Pink in Green woods, Knowlands Wood, Sussex, Uk


Sergey Novikov(Moscow, Russia), South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon, AZ


Stan Raucher, Alejandro, Oaxaca, Mexico


Zachary Bako, INFECTION: one world one dream, Beijing, China


Chandler Tyrrell, Structure, 4515, Charlotte, NC


Julie Barnofski, On the Island, Spoffard, NH


Juande Jiménez, Badmington, San Sebastian, Spain


Michael Sebastian, Swim practice, Prospect, KY


Claude Peschel Dutombe, Djemaa el Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco


Sam Verbulecz, 8:16 am, Twin Lake, Kent, OH


Keith Prue, Sad Letter Day, Boston, MA


Bernd Reinhardt, Venice Beach, Venice Beach, CA


Kurniadi Widodo, Untitled, Yogyakarta, Indonesia


Serrah Russell, Clothesline, Seattle, WA


Guido Steenkamp, Demand, Berlin, Germany


Larry Torno, Dragonscape, St. Louis, MO


David Gardner, Singletree Waterfall, Boulder Mountain, UT


Danielle Rene' Khoury, Tea Party, Fort Worth, Texas


Meg Birnbaum, Donna at home and as Alexanderia the Great the underwater escape artist from Person/Persona, Cambridge, MA


CJ Gordon, Stu, Skaha Lake B.C.


Gil Moore, "Sunflower; six weeks" from House Portraits Project 2008-ongoing, Manchester, England


Ken Rosenthal, Illuminated, Tucson, AZ


Michael Grace-Martin, Vacation, Laurens, NY


Warren Harold, Splash, Galveston, TX


Maria Lavender, Death Proof, Peoria, IL


Kate Sumpter, Red Wine, Kent State University, OH


Rami Daud, Friends on the Hill, Hill District, Pittsburgh, PA


Michael Kirchoff, Bridge Lamp and Distant Fortress, St. Petersburg, Russia


Christy Karpinski, Untitled, Stevensville, MI


Connie Conway, Deserted Space #3, Ft. Worden, Port Townsend, WA


Carolyn A. Hampton, Remnants of Childhood, Los Angeles, CA


Adam Neese, Untitled (Connector), Grapevine, TX


Suzanne Revy, Water Balloons, Carlisle, MA


Marcia Schulman Martin, Solitude, Poughkeepsie, NY


Christian Reister, Berlin 2010, Berlin, Germany


Dennis Baburov, Prisoner in a costume of Soviet soldier, Ivanovo, Russia


Richard Coda, Primordial 4187, Scottsdale, AZ


Luis Martins, untitled, Portugal


Evangelia Voutsaki, Traces Within, Lewes, East Sussex, England


Laurie McCormick, Treasured Letters, Brentwood, CA


Jim Robertson, Chaos Theory, Columbus, OH


Bob Curley 101 miles to Death Valley, Olancha, CA


Linda Alterwitz, Stem Cell Growth #1 (2010) from the series Discarded Dreams, Solitude, UT


Ron Cilizza, Evidence of summer, Hampton, NH


Russ Martin, Exotic White Dahlia, Poughkeepsie, NY


Jacqueline McCullough, Red Gun, South Shields, UK


RMontalban (alias Joanna Black), Captain America contemplating why freedom fries taste just like French fries, in the street, in the rain, Edinburgh, UK


Josh Separzadeh, Black Balloons, Santa Monica, CA


Jessica Todd Harper, Marshall (with Horse and Ball) , Rochester, NY


Dan Gerber, semaphore, from the cleanings effect of the sun, Osceloa, WI


Phillip Toledano, Launch, Florida


Doug Dubois, Ben in the sun, Cobh, Ireland


Kimberly Witham, Still Life with Red Squirrel and Chestnuts, High Bridge, NJ


Douglas Shaw, Savannah Marsh, Savannah, GA


Nick Scovelle, Glasses, NESOP studio bay


Olivia Carpenito, Dad, Billerica, MA


Cammie Toloui, Brooklyn Drugs, Portland, OR


Jim Brammer, Ballerina 531, San Diego, CA


Megan Snider, Romantic Decay, Memphis, TN


Danielle Kelly, The Parade, Coney Island, NY


Kevin McCollister, Brian (Venice Beach), Venice, CA


BJ + Richeille Formento, Lysandra from Circumstance, San Francisco, CA


Suzi Livingston, Sentinel, Highgate Cemetery, London


Eileen Keator, Clearing Sky, Phoenicia, NY


Erin McGuire, The Ride, Antelope Valley fair grounds, Lancaster,CA


Jane Paradise, San Francisco, from the Not Quite Strangers series, San Francisco, CA


Diana King, Kendra at the Carnival, Pomona, CA


Maura Brennan, Aztec Dancer, Hollywood, CA


Noelle Swan Gilbert, No More Photos Until After Lunch, from the as yet untitled documentary series about how murder affects a family, Santa Monica, CA


Gilbert Plantinga, Uncle Sam, Lake George, NY


Johannes Vaanderbildt, Couple, having a conversation in front of a coastguard vessel, Hamburg, Germany


Martin Herrera Soler, Chairs, Montevideo, Uruguay.


Douglas Winter-Number 5 Studio, jaune ruban, Sacramento, CA


Frances Jakubek, Jeanna's, Firenze & Positano, Italy


Gerhard Clausing, Bubble Magic, Berlin, Germany


Robyn Tryloff, Maty, Downers Grove, IL


Mitch Kitter, Hunter and His Doe, Girdwood, AK


Rob Lomblad, Peas, Trivet & Pan, Brooklyn NY


Sharon Morgan Jenkins, What are they all looking at...?, Venice, CA


Sarah Pollman, Untitled (Concrete), Allston (Boston), MA


Alicia Gay, Mountains, Nashville, TN


Gary Moyer, Snow Cone, NJ State Fair


Arianna Sanesi, Watching the Atlantic Ocean, A Coruna, Spain


Jessica Somers, Nesting, Terryville, CT


Bridget Burke, Arson, Dearborn, MI


Linda Morrow, Kenzi & Robbie II,from the series Two Degrees of Attachment, Long Beach, CA


Robin Parmar, Myths of The New Forest: Detritus, Cratloe Woods, Ireland


Ray Carns, River Life: Untitled, Lake Havasu, AZ


Jay Gould, The Bull, Northern California


Kaity De Laura, The Moment at Which, New Jersey


Ross Rawlings, Charlotte, Prussia Cove, Cornwall, England


Celine Wu, Presence in Between PB-32, Japan


Greg Ruffing, May's yard sale, from Yard Sales, Clinton, MI


Robert Ruteod, Conductor, Right Time Right Place series, Vienna, Austria


Yoichi Nagata, Star of the Stars_Hana, Tokyo, Japan


Bronwen Hyde, Adrift, Wombeyan Caves, New South Wales, Australia


Pieter Lessing, Untitled, Los Angeles, CA


Walt Jones, Fire Jelly, California


Renée Chartier, Untitled (Texting), San Diego, CA


Meg Madison, Asher in Roma, Family Vacation 2010, Rome, Italy


William C. Hutton Jr., Abandoned/108, St. Louis, MI


Clifford W. Gwinn, Confluence, Hinton, WV


Eleonora Ronconi, Dreamer, Santa Cruz, CA


Paris Visone, Peter in the Studio, Salem, MA


Ann Pallesen, Bernard, 2010, (Lith Print), Lakewood , CO


Gabriela Herman, Obama, 2010 Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, MA


Sally Mars, Minneapolis, 2010, Minneapolis, MN


Brad Buckman, Tires, Nashville, AR


Julio M. Romero, Domesticated Nature II, Mexico City, Mexico


Sheila Newbery, R, Arms Crossed, Berkeley, CA


Verner Soler, Pia, from Visits to My Village, Vrin, Switzerland


Rebecca Sittler Schrock, Untitled (from "The Queen's Shadow"), Long Beach, CA


Catharine Stebbins, Ramos Bros Circus, King City, CA


Jane S. Noel, The Morning After, Emmaus, PA


Karen Florek, Chinatown Tea Party, San Francisco, CA


Timothy Hyde, Vive Aristide, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti


Kurt Jordan, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy


Kanai Aki, Pedestrian Bridge, Oi Cho, Japan


Zoe Perry-Wood, Jim and Paul at Drag Bingo, Provincetown, MA August 2010


Sheri Lynn Behr, 001-Chinatown, from the series NoSafeDistance, Chinatown, New York City, NY


Jacqueline Truong, Almond Rocca, Mi Piace, Pasadena, CA


Ben Madden, Mary at the Lake, Lake of the Isles, Minneapolis, MN


Rebecca Martinez, Miracle on Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA


Aline Smithson, Quincy, Los Angeles, CA



Happiest of New Years! Thank you for comments, submissions, and most of all, your friendships.

54 comments:

R Montalban said...

Happy New Year to you and what wonderful images to remember 2010 by. I am honoured to be amongst these wonderful artists and images and I hope 2011 captures even more fantastic images for each and every one of us. For auld lang syne....

Patricia Lay-Dorsey said...

Ah, we are each so unique yet members of one family. Thank you, Aline, for helping us see that on this first day of a new year. May 2011 strengthen the wings upon which our creativity soars...

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Aline, for facilitating such an amazingly diverse collection of work! Whatever free time I thought I had today will now be spent perusing more new-to-me photographers' sites than I could begin to count . . .
Happy New Year!
Chandler Tyrrell

Elizabeth Avedon said...

I am in AWE of this post! AWE! I've looked through all of the images twice and I'm still overwhelmed. This is such an amazing group of photographs.There are many familiar faces, as well as many photographers work I wasn't aware of and now look forward to viewing their sites.

Karen Desnick said...

This was the most pleasurable way to start the New Year. I sat with my latte and looked at all these beautiful photos from around the world. Thank you.

manymuses said...

Thank you for creating opportunities to share our work, Aline and for your kind words about the image I submitted. Just when I feel like giving up, I see so many reasons to keep shooting.

Fraction Magazine said...

BRAVO ALINE!!!

So much beautiful work!

Happy New Year!

Shea Naer said...

This post is spectacular, Aline. Thanks for your generous spirit and dedication.

Kristen Fecker Peroni said...

Amazing. Thank you.

Dallas Arts Salon said...

This is an incredible compilation of work by so many wonderful photographers - known and unknown - to me. Thank you.

Isa Leshko said...

I'm so inspired by this diverse collection of images. Thank you for compiling these images, Aline. Happy New Year! Wishing you all of the best for 2011.

Russ Martin said...

Wonderful images. Creativity is alive and well. Best wishes to everyone for a successful new year.

Sheri Lynn Behr said...

Thanks Aline! I can imagine how much work this must be, but you keep making it happen and it just gets better and better. So proud to be included, with such an amazing group of photographers taking part! Really, it's a tribute to you! Happy New Year!

Deborah Parkin Photography said...

I am in awe .. what can I say, to be in such company .. thanks so much as ever Aline for doing this .. I can't wait to go check out the sites.
Happy New Year to you all, I hope 2011 is a creative and inspirational one.

ruben said...

A great way to start the New Year...looking at great photographs!!!
Thank you for including me in!
Happy New Year!
Ruben

vicky said...

Happy New Year Aline and everyone here!
Thanks for doing this and for your chocolate box of a blog. I love seeing what photographer's are most happy with and there are some beautifully engaging pictures here.
Looking forward to an inspiring 2011.

Sara Jane Boyers said...

First think I did this morning as I wanted to greet the New Year with beautiful imagery! And I am totally delighted, overwhelmed, thankful for the fantastic vision that I see and to you, Aline, for curating this.

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Amy S. said...

So inspiring, Aline, even to a non-photograher.

Jim said...

What a wonderful way to start 2011, with a few familiar names and images and several more that I'm thrilled to have now seen. Thank you, Aline, for the opportunity!

Susan B. said...

BRAVO!
A superb collection.
What a testament to Aline and Lenscratch! Happy New Year, SB

honey said...

this was too much fun, too inspirational, and so terrific of you to put together to jump start us in the new year.

thank you, aline.

juliemeridian said...

Such an inspiring way to begin the New Year! Thanks, Aline, for the opportunity to be part of such a diverse and wonderful collection of photographs.
Julie Meridian

juliemeridian said...

Such an inspiring way to begin the New Year! Thanks, Aline, for the opportunity to be part of such a diverse and wonderful collection of photographs.
Julie Meridian

David Torrence said...

Thanks Aline! Happy 2011!

Bradford said...

Now this is a POST! Enjoyed looking at the variety of all these images.

johnnybrian said...

Nice set of images. A huge range, but fascinating. Very nice.

elizabeth said...

Aline, great idea for showcasing creativity and diversity. New work is always favorite work, so may we all walk around with a new box of prints in 2011.

Michael Grace-Martin said...

I'm amazed how well this compilation works, even though you (presumably) didn't edit out any of the submissions! (Or did you?) Anyway, I'm happy to be included and it's truly a great mix of known and unknown photographers. What great project and exhibit...:-).

-K- said...

So many wonderful photos and what a huge outlay of your time.

It's so generous of you to have done this.

Thank you.

Kurniadi Widodo said...

THANK YOU for putting this together. I'm definitely gonna check this post from time to time... Even just by taking a glimpse I already found some inspiration from this wonderful collection, so excited to imagine what I will find in each photographer's site.

Jeff Dojillo said...

Thank you for including my work with such a great compilation of photographers. I wish you and everyone included much success in the future!

Judith said...

Thank you so much Aline for these images. Also thank you for including me in this collection. What a wonderful pool of talent. I wish all of my fellow photogs a Happy New Year and continued creativity and vision in the coming year.

Judith Loniak

Kate said...

Thank you so much for including me! I can't wait to check out the work by these amazing photographers. Happy New Year!

pni said...

What a beautiful and diverse collection of favorites.

Lyana Votey said...

What an inspiring collection of images. Thank you so much for your effort in pooling such talent and sharing it with all of us. I now have many new favorites and a host of work to explore.

Kendall said...

This is an inspiring beginning for 2011. Your generosity of spirit and love of photography is contagious! Thank you for this awe inspiring post and for all that you do. Happy New Year!

Jade said...

What a dynamic way to start the day! The variety of subject and color and moods is just lovely. Happy 2011 Lenscratch!

Dan Gerber said...

I am honored to be in such good company! Wow, really fantastic work here. Thanks so much for the opportunity to participate. Happy New Year!

Keith Johnson said...

Hey,yay and Happy New Year.

benrobertsphotography said...

thanks for putting this together!

very cool!

ben

Douglas Stockdale said...

Hello A.

This might even been more wonderful than last's New Year's post! The diversity of the work is amazing and inspiring. Thanks for bringing this all together, a ton of work, but what a great way to start the new year. All the Best!!

maroc munoz said...

Happy New Year what a wonderful idea!!

Susan May Tell said...

Bravo! So very impressed to see these images within the context of this blog. It was also fascinating (and sometimes surprising) to see the 'favorite image' chosen by photographers whose work I am familiar with.

Robbie Kaye said...

Thank you so much Aline, for the constancy of love and support that you provide for all of us. I am so honored to be amongst these amazing artists... and to be given the opportunity to share my work and expression... You continue to be a great inspiration to my work and humanity.

eloise patrick said...

i agree that this is a testament to your generosity of spirit, aline, and to the myriad ways that inspiration shows itself. thank you for inviting us all to dream with you, and fond wishes for a wonderful year to all.

eloise patrick said...

i agree that this is a testament to your generosity of spirit, aline, and to the myriad ways that inspiration shows itself. thank you for inviting us all to dream with you, and fond wishes for a wonderful year to all.

petebrook said...

Great community spirit to kick off the new years. Thanks Aline.

Warren said...

A belated thank you for your tireless efforts and support Aline! An inspiring collection I'll be visiting all year. Happy New Year!

alek said...

thank you - aline - great collection - inspired theme

Erin McGuire said...

Happy New Year to you Aline! What a wonderful line up of images! I was so thrilled looking at them. I'll be coming back time and time again to look at them.

robin said...

Spectacular community you have gathered here! Am honoured to be in this company.

P.S. My name is Parmar with two a's!

dkelly said...

thank you so much for allowing me to share my work on lenscratch ! this is an amazing compilation of images, i am honored to be amongst these photographers.

DeAnnaForan said...

I loved looking through this amazing collection of images. Thank you for sharing!