The New York Times shares 2024 in photos: A year of chaos and contradictions
Dec 24, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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The crazy 2024 is coming to an end, and we’re all slowly doing a recap of what we’ve been through and what we’ve achieved during this year. And oh boy, what a year it’s been! The New York Times has shared its photographic recap of 2024, and it’s truly a bitter-sweet selection filled with contradictions – like life itself. And life imitates art, doesn’t it? They kindly shared a part of the collection with us, so take a deep breath, and let’s dive right in.
When Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage to accept her party’s nomination, it capped a Democratic convention unlike any other in modern history. Just four weeks after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race and gave his support to Ms. Harris, she set out to introduce herself to the American public. As Ms. Harris detailed her mother’s influence on her own life, her great-niece Amara, 8, in a pink pantsuit and pigtails, watched from the front row of the crowded convention hall. Ms. Harris emphasized her experience, her patriotism and the urgency of the moment. She did not dwell on the historic nature of her candidacy. But for those watching like Amara, the significance of the moment was unmistakable.
Credit: Mark Peterson for The New York Times
Credit: Damon Winter/ The New York Times
A portrait project on wounded Gazans in Doha
Credit: Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times
Credit: Nicole Tung for The New York Times
An artillery unit of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade firing a D30 howitzer at Russian troops trying to capture the city of Toretsk. Since the end of June, the Russian military has been attacking Toretsk and Niu-York, and the 95th Brigade was called in as reinforcements to counter the Russian forces.
Credit: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
A girl jumps cord at the Lycée Marie Jeanne (Marie Jeanne School), a school in the Lavaud neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, transformed in a camp for internally displaced people escaping violence on September 22, 2024. All classrooms on the school’s three floors have been occupied by multiple families and open spaces were taken over by makeshift tents.
Credit: Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times
Credit: Simbarashe Cha/The New York Times
Credit: Dana Scruggs for The New York Times
The “Year in Review” has been all the rage on various platforms. I particularly liked seeing my year in sports on Strava and my year in music on Spotify, the latter being as schizophrenic as the year itself. If you’re on Flickr, you can also see your 2024 recap in photos.
So, it’s time we wave goodbye to 2024. Wish it Godspeed on the New York Times’ website, where they share the full gallery of this crazy year in pictures. And when I say “crazy,” it’s an understatement—not only globally but also locally. As I’m writing this, students in my country are blocking universities, and protests are raging every few days. Keep your fingers crossed that we finally overthrow the current government; that would truly be a beautiful start to 2025!
[Lead image: A member of the Fort Moore 316th Cavalry Brigade holds an American Flag during a memorial ceremony in honor of United States Army Private Albert H. King at the Porterdale Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Pvt. Albert King, a Black soldier killed by a white military police officer, was buried in an unmarked grave in 1941. Credit: Alyssa Pointer for The New York Times]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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