Your Favorite Photographs of 2011 Lenscratch Exhibition

Happy 2012! A huge thank you to all the hundreds of photographers that sent me their favorite images of 2011. Note that these images are favorites and speak to the photographer in a meaningful way. I love creating this annual post, allowing photographers who have never shared their work to sit along side significant image makers. They way I see it is that we all share a common passion and why not bump up against each other once in awhile.

I wish you all many successes in 2012 and that the joy of creating photographs continues to enrich your lives. Thank you for reading Lenscratch and for enhancing my life with your work. This post is created in 5 parts so as not to crash the rss feed (which happened last year). Simply keep going through older posts until you reach the end.

And finally I'm sharing my two favorites--the first is an image I've had in my head for a couple of years, and the second is more personal, a reflection of a life transforming trip.

Aline Smithson, Lexie with a Peacock, Los Angeles, CA



Aline Smithson, Red Lanterns, Beijing, China



THE 2011 LENSCRATCH FAVORITES EXHIBITION


Susan A. Barnett, Trouble from the series "Not In Your Face", Houston, Texas



Kyohei Abe, Modern Banquet, Detroit MI



Jennifer Schlesinger-Hanson, Here nor there, Santa Fe, NM



Lydia Panas, Kitty, Christine and Kira, Kutztown, PA 19530



Polly Chandler, All You've Left Me Is A Feather On An Unmade Bed, Springfield, Missouri



Amanda Keller Konya, Gentleman's Club, Los Angeles, CA



Charles Mintz, Coney Island - Gym, Brooklyn, NY



Larry Torno, Rechanneling Morris Louis, St. Louis, Missouri



Ann Mitchell, Bullocks Wilshire, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA



Cat Gwynn, Winter Moon - December 2011, Los Angeles, CA



Anette Nordskog, Plastic Palm Trees, Euskirchen, Germany



Angela Bacon-Kidwell, not so silent 2011, Wichita Falls, TX



Monica Denevan, Convergence, China 2011



Ruben Natal- San Miguel, Hope, 2011 NYC



Michael Cannon, Chalkboard Girl, Santa Fe



Sean Perry, Love, New York , NY



Andi Schreiber, I'm His, New York City



Michael Massaia, Seeing The Black Dog#8, New Jersey Turnpike - 2011



Harvey Hanig, black belt is a state of mind, North Aurora, IL



Lori Pond, Canelo, Bill Steen's backyard in Arizona



Pamela Dewey, Stonyford Morning, May 1, 2011, Stonyford Ranch, CA



Lauren Henkin, Fieldnotes, Oregon



Linda Alterwitz, "Number 16" from the series In-Sight (Human Pet Scan/ Beach in Western US), Santa Monica, CA



Heidi Kirkpatrick, she’s an open book, Portland, OR



Bea Fresno, Morning Light. From the series "Santa Teresa", Estancia Santa Teresa, Uruguay



Kevin J. Miyazaki, dead bee on the travel section, Wauwatosa, WI



Diane Cockerill, Edge of the Storm, Santa Monica mountains, CA



Susan Burnstine, Michigan & Monroe, 6:42AM, Chicago, Il



Donita Simpson, Studio, Detroit, MI



Ron Cillizza, Camper, Exeter, New Hampshire



Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin, Bubble Man Pete, Tuesdays at Garfield Park, Pasadena, CA



Bill Chapman, Grandpa Elliot and Kristin, New Orleans, LA



Barbara Breen, Tree Study, Ossabaw, GA



Gina Kelly, Akasha, Sebastopol, California



Jan von Holleben, The Pirats, Berlin, Germany



Ken Rosenthal, from the series The Forest #4987, Colville National Forest, WA



Emma Powell, Bear, made in Ames, IA



Liz Huston, "Mark Ryden in His Studio" 2011, Eagle Rock, CA



Fritz Liedtke, "Celine" from the series Astra Velum, Portland, Oregon



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



Heather Oelklaus, "I'd Like To Thank" Body Bag Series, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA



Candace Gaudiani, Cleveland 1450, Cleveland, OH



Betsy Schneider, Emma, Sharon, Massachusetts



Eleonora Ronconi, The Reflection of Him, Buenos Aires, Argentina



Debbie Poulin, Ashland Avenue Bridge, Chicago, Illinois



Fran Forman, Hangzhou Moon, Hangzhou, China



Anne Berry, Persephone, Belgium 2011



Ashley M. Jones, Thrifty Center, Savannah, Georgia



Alek Lindus, Dusk, Ormos, Samos, Greece



Robert Rutoed, Image from the series "Right Time Right Place", Vienna, Austria



Sally Mars, Minneapolis, 2011



James Pepper Kelly, Near Mills Store, Castleton, Virginia



Domenico Foschi, War veteran, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California



Philip B. Bowser, In the Pumpkin Patch, just outside Portland, Oregon



S. Gayle Stevens, through my looking glass, Downers Grove, Illinois



Kristianne Koch, Mask, San Clemente, CA



Julia Vandenoever,The text, My kitchen in Boulder, CO



Rouse & Jones, Grand Central Connection, Los Angeles, CA



Pilar Law, Palm, Hawaii



Mark Berndt, Rina - Artist/Broom Maker, Lomita, CA



Michael Van der Tol, On Qualicum Beach, Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island



Jess T. Dugan, Korrie, Boston, MA



Ashley Kauschinger, Self Portrait Without You, Denton, TX



Randy Jennings, Juliet, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH