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Photographer and essayist Robert Adams wrote that “the job of the photographer is not to record indisputable fact but to try to be coherent about intuition and hope.”

The best images captured by Portland Press Herald photographers this year do just that. They are truthful yet manage to convince us of life’s beauty.

There is the soaring delight of a young couple swinging in a snowscape by Derek Davis, or the almost holy light falling on a woman searching for rats under a bridge by Greg Rec. A sublime beauty transcends its subject matter in Shawn Ouellette’s photo of a surfer alone, looking out into an endless sea and sky. Ben McCanna’s photo of hazmat-clad firefighters at a training exercise combines wit with a freshness of vision. And Brianna Soukup’s graceful images of families dealing with tragedy show the love that binds them, and us, together.

These are the photos from 2024 that left an impression on us.

Happening Now

From the Maine Trust for Local News

2024 Portland Press Herald Photos of the Year

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2024 Portland Press Herald Photos of the Year

From the Maine Trust for Local News

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