Best Photos of 2009 by JMG-Galleries Blog Reader’s
By the look of this years submissions 2009 was a stellar year for many of the photographers who read the JMG-Galleries blog. The amount of participation in this years Best Photos of 2009 blog project was amazing… up over 30% from last year to 124 participants. Thanks to everyone who took part this year and for those that did not I’m hopeful you’ll take part next year.
Photographers taking part in this years Best Photos of 2009 blog project covered a wide variety of genres including landscape, macro, nature, photojournalism, portraiture, wildlife and more. In addition participating photographers ran the gamut of skill level from enthusiasts to professionals. As you scan the list below you’ll likely recognize some familiar names. Whether you recognize the photographers by name or not be sure to visit as many submissions as possible. There’s a lot of great talent, known and unknown, out there and you’re likely to find some real gems as you explore.
Also be sure to take part in submitting and reviewing photographs through out the year in the JMG-Galleries Flickr group and feel free to introduce yourself there.
To this years submissions… enjoy and good luck picking out your favorite. Some of my favorites are in bold.
Best of 2009 Photos
- Best Photos of 2009 – Jim M. Goldstein | JMG-Galleries
- Best of 2009 Photo Set – Heikki Salmi
- Top 10 2009 – Chris Moore | Exploring Light Photography
- Best of 2009 – Wat Chedi Luang | FocusPocus
- Best of 2009 – Dave Wilson | News and Views
- Five For Friday – Favorites of 2009 - Craig Ferguson Images | Cultural Photography
- Best Photos of 2009 – David Cleland | Flixelpix
- Best Photos 2009 – Chuq Von Rospach | chuqui 3.0
- 2009 Favorites – G Dan Mitchell | G Dan Mitchell Photography
- Best of 2009 – Roberta Murray | Uncommon Depth
- My Year in Pictures – Jon McCormack Photography
- Top 10 Photos of 2009 – Steven Bourelle | SierraVisions
- 2009: Year in Review – Stephen Zacharias
- 2009 – A Photographic Year in Review – David Taylor | Sixtyone North
- Best Photos of 2009 – Tony Rath Photography
- Top 10 of 2009 – Steve Cole Photography Blog
- my top ten shots of 2009 – Tom Varden
- Best of 2009 – Mario Batalla
- My Top 10 Photos from 2009 – Justin Korn [dot] com
- Best of 2009 – Inge Fernau | Magical Glow Photography
- My Favorite Photos From 2009 – Brian Auer | Epic Edits
- Best Photos From 2009 – Janis Janums Photography
- Best of 2009 – Tim Parkin | Still Developing
- 2009 Retrospective – Jan Klier | AllKlier Photography
- Best of 2009 – Jenni Brehm | Changing Perspectives
- 2009 in Pictures – Hitesh Sawlani | A Visual Treat
- Year 2009 in pictures – Minna Kinnunen | The Quiet Picture
- 2009 in front of my Lens – Marcin Retecki Photography
- Best of 2009 – Peter Carr | Vanilla Days
- Best of 2009 – Dave Reichert
- My top favourites from 2009 – Ricky Law
- Best of 2009 – Joshua Beckman |PhotoVandal
- 2009 Top Ten – Jessica Sweeney | Quotidian Photography
- My favourite shots in 2009 – Catalin Marin | Momentary Awe
- Best Photos of 2009 – Suzy Walker | Reef Beasties
- My Best of 2009! – Michelle Johnson | My Two Seasons
- The Best of 2009 – Photographic Phantasy: Photography by Samantha Genier
- Best of Photos Part I-IV - Chuck Goolsbee
- Statue of Liberty 2009 – Scott Dunn
- My Favorite Photos of 2009 – Ed Rosack | Central Florida Photo Ops
- Best Photos from 2009 – Jim Wheeler
- Year in Review 2009 – Laurie Ballesteros | Photine
- Favorites of the Year – Ken Trout | Lunch is Optional
- Year 2009 in Korwel photography – Iza Korwel | Korwel Photography
- Best of 2009 – Uschi Gerschner Photography
- Top Five Images from 2009 and Keeping It New – Mike Cavaroc
- Wrapping up 2009 – Ivan Makarov Photography
- Favourite Nine from 2009 – Todd Metcalfe | Daily Grind Photography
- Favorite Images of 2009! – Allison Pluda | Seneca Creek Photography
- Best photos of 2009: Non Portrait Pictures – Julie Provost | Julie Loves Photography
- 2009 in 12 beelden – Jeroen Mentens | FaunaFlora.org
- Reflections on images of 2009 – Mark Graf | Graf Nature & Wildlife Photography
- An End of Year Retrospective for 2009 – Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston | Journey of Light Photography
- Top Ten Photos Of 2009 – Jed Link | Mr. & Mrs. Link
- YEAR IN REVIEW – TOP 5′S OF 2009 – Matt Graham
- Ten Best for 2009 – Dan Baumbach
- Top 10 Photographs For 2009 - Seung Kye Lee – fine art landscape photography
- My 10 Favorite photos of 2009 – Alex Budak | Unpopped Collar
- Best Photos of 2009 – Dave Hammaker Photography
- My Best Photos of 2009 – D. Travis North | Shutter Photo
- Favourite Pictures of 2009 – Janne Moren | Janne in Osaka
- My Best Photos of 2009 – Michael Spivak | Developing The Fixer
- 2009 Favourite – Marc Hodges | sevennine
- NZ Opera: Macbeth behind the scenes – Alexia Sinclair
- The Best of ‘09 – Porter Watkins
- Respect - Paul (Slimeface) Tarin
- Best Images for 2009 – Giovanni Russello | GRGalleries
- Happy 2010 / Best of 2009 – William Neill Photography
- Top 10 Photos of 2009 – Digital Kloc Photography
- Best Photos of 2009 – Dave Schumaker
- Best of 2009 – G. Kaltenbrun | gZphotoGraphs
- Favourite landscape photographs from 2009 – Jonathan Martin-DeMoor | Silvicola borealis Images
- Top 5 of 2009 - Jim Maher | Jim Maher Photoworks
- Favourites 2009 – Chris Gin
- Best Photographs of 2009: Globetrotting – Justin Shifrin | J. Stuart Studios
- Best 10 of 2009 – Duffy Knox | The View Through My Glass
- Best of 2009 – Rian Castillo | Digitized Chaos
- Best of 2009 – Rick Goldwasser
- Best of 2009 – Jeremy Brooks
- My best from 2009 – Massimo Belloni
- Favorites of 2009 – Pat Ulrich Photography
- Best Photos of 2009 – Nick Fuller | JadeGreenImage
- Best of 2009 – Stig Nygaard | Rockland
- My Fave 5 from 2009 – Greg Russell Russell
- Best Images of 2009 – Peter Cox Photography
- My Favourite Photos of 2009 – Daniel Loshak
- Favorite photo – Lacey Smith | Lace’s Photography
- 2009 Year in Pictures - Lane Hartwell | The Post and Review
- Ten More from 2009 - Ann Torrence
- Best of 2009 – Ken Snyder
- Best of 2009 – Simon Ponder | Simon Says
- TOP Photos of 2009 - Gary Crabbe | Enlightened Images
- 2009 Top 10 – Steven Scherbinski | Randomness
- Looking back, looking forward - Kevin Ebi | Living Wilderness Nature Photography
- Best of 2009 – Todd Heckert | Great Lakes Exposure
- MY BEST PHOTOS of 2009 – Sean Willis Photography
- Best Photos of 2009 – Andre Maltais | Maltphoto
- Top 9 of 2009! – Jenna Stirling
- 2009 in review, the photo version -Â Sam Bloomberg-Rissman Photography
- Favorite Photos from 2009 – Ron Niebrugge | Niebrugge Images
- Niner for Zero Niner before Zero Niner of Zero Ten - Jay Goodrich Photography
- Best of 2009 – Prajit Ravindran
- Photos of 2009 + Flickr Set- Carl Donohue | Skolai Images
- Top 12, 2009 – John Fujimagari
- Top 10 Photos of 2009 – Mike Criss
- 2009 IN REVIEW – Kriz Cpec | kRiZ cPEc Photo Blog
- My Favorite Photos of 2009 – Greg Lato | latoga photography
- Best of 2009 – Andree Oulmann | On Linden Way
- 10 Favorite Pictures of 2009 – Chris Williams | Hidden Light Photography
- Your Best Photos From 2009 – Gurbir Singh Brar | Fotovala
- Landscape Photography My Best of 2009 – Steve Sieren
- Best of 2009 – Torsten Curdt
- Best of 2009 – Stefan Neuweger | addicted2pixels
- Image Picks from 2009 – Neil Corman Photography
- Jahresrückblick (fotografisch) – Steffen Goethling | Lens-Flare.de
- Best Photos of 2009 – Mike Reys |pl?dys
- My Best Photos from 2009 – Terri Jacobson | Greyhound Gardens
- My best photos of 2009 – Bryan Villarin | All Narfed Up
- Best of 2009 – Heidi Donat
- Best of 2009 – Pedja Pavlicic
- Best of 2009 – Matthew Sallee | IAmMatt
- Best of 2009 -Â Go2Grl
- 10 Top Photos of 2009 – Gavriel Jecan Photography
- My Top 10 Photos for 2009 – Neil Creek Photography
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Another awesome list Jim. Thanks for putting it together and including me in it. It's an honor to be listed with so many talented photographers.
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Great collection Jim.
Wow, 122 links are going to take me awhile to get through.
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Wow…what an incredible turn out. I know what I'm doing the rest of the week…lots of new sites and unfamiliar photographers to check out.
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Hey Jim
Wow – well, there goes my day.
What a great collection of images and photographers. Thanks for putting this together.
Cheers
Carl
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Thanks for that great initiative! So many beautiful photos I could get crazy-eyes;) Also thanks for steping by and commenting, really appreciated!
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It's my pleasure. I have looked at every submission, but I was unable to reply on everyone's blog or flickr page. I'm incredibly humbled by the work being produced by those reading this blog. It's great to see how everyone else sees the world.
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Thanks for another amazing list Jim and for including me on it
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Nice list Jim, thanks for including me. Look forward to your commentary and images in 2010.
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Great list of people with great vision, by turns inspiring and instilling feelings of inadequacy.
Great work everyone. To quote my American partner “Awesome”.
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[...] Goldstein has just posted a list of 123 “Best of 2009″ posts by the readers of his blog. There is some superb work in there and, if you’re looking to add [...]
Incredible turnout! I have some work to do…
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What a fine list you have produced! This must have taken a lot of time! I have randomly selected a couple of handfuls of links and I'm impressed! Will have to bookmark this page so I can return for more exciting (and leisurely) viewing! Thank you for the inclusion and all the time you spent putting it all together!
Slimeface
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Once again thanks for taking the time out this year to run this project and put the list together! Now to work my way through everyone's wonderful photos.
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Thanks for including me in the list of Top photos in 2009. I took a look at a number of the submissions from the other people. Lots of of great images.
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[...] collections of their best work of the year – he just posted this year’s collection at his blog and in a Digital Photography School post. There is a ton of interesting and compelling photography [...]
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[...] Jim Goldstein: Best Photos 2009.a nice collection of “best of” resources, including mine. Some very study-worth portfolios here. [...]
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[...] 2008 Photographs. Continuing the tradition of this on my blog I invited my readers to share their Best Photos of 2009 in a blog project I regularly run. This year was amazing with 124 people taking part sharing not [...]
[...] 2008 Photographs. Continuing the tradition of this on my blog I invited my readers to share their Best Photos of 2009 in a blog project I regularly run. This year was amazing with 124 people taking part sharing not [...]
Read one of your last comments Jim. I don't know if I'll even get thru them all. Thanks for setting this up. Its been fun to visit new streams and see a lot of great images. As for picking favorites that would be difficult but I have certainly left some comments.
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Amazing list, appreciate the time that must have take to put together.
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Ill second what Steven said. Its great to be amongst such great photographers. The traffic on my blog has gone through the roof. Over 500 hits today alone. Thats a lot for me. Thanks and cheers to all the greats on the list.
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[...] 2008 Photographs. Continuing the tradition of this on my blog I invited my readers to share their Best Photos of 2009 in a blog project I regularly run. This year was amazing with 124 people taking part sharing not [...]
[...] even more inspiration? Head on over to JMG Galleries for a list of 122 Photographers showing their best work of 2009! Tons, and I mean tons, of great work. Set aside some serious time if you plan on going through [...]
[...] even more inspiration? Head on over to JMG Galleries for a list of 122 Photographers showing their best work of 2009! Tons, and I mean tons, of great work. Set aside some serious time if you plan on going through [...]
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This list of photographer's “best of 2009″ is just amazing and their photos are even more amazing. This inspired me to make my own list:
http://www.scottprokop.com/Portfolio/Best-of-2009
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[...] like the idea suggested by Jim Goldstein to make a post summarizing the past year, 2009, in my photography. It is a great way to look back [...]