Third Annual Holiday Photo Gallery

In my earliest days as a journalist, words were the thing. If meddlesome editors and art directors wanted to attach photos to the small ink marks of the alphabet that I committed to paper, fine, that was their business, but frankly, I could not have cared less. Seas of gray were fine by me.

That was not the only matter I was young and dumb about back then. But I won’t spend any more words elaborating on that here—it’s time again for the Holiday Photo Gallery!

Lights! Cameras! So much beautiful, nuanced storytelling action, oh my!

Here’s just a brief baker’s dozen+1 sample from the World of Flickr and its legions of generous, talented photographers who have helped liven up this page over the past 52 weeks. Behold…

 

If red is a power color, you may as well start being powerful down at your feet…

Girl Power, Red Boots, by Rachel Sian

 

 

So much thunderous action down there in the world of the small…

Drop on Drop by Laszlo Ilyes

 

 

I am Wisdom, don’t mess with me.

Owl by M. G. N

 

 

The moon, the bridge & the prison.

Moonrise on the Golden Gate by Don McCullough

 

 

Out for a stroll.

Caterpillar by Francisco Soto

 

 

Because no photo collection is complete without a monkey shot.

Monkey family by Chris Marquardt

 

 

Big honkin’ camera exploring the Big Honkin’ Heavens…

Milky Way by Goddard Space Station

 

 

Not just another perch.

The Bird and the Buddha by Loren Webster

 

 

Here’s lookin’ at ya.

Spider by Pascal Gaudette

 

 

Hear. Me. Roar.

Big Green Wave by Pam Link

 

 

Mystery upon mystery…

Nude by Magdalena Roeseler

 

 

Not a care in the world…

Coney Island Ride by gigi_nyc

 

 

Friends in an alien land…