AARP's Favorite Photos of 2024

The AARP Photo Team shares their most memorable images from the past year

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Published January 03, 2025

Actor Danny Trejo, photographed at Vallarta Supermarket in southern California for the 'AARP The Magazine' feature, “What’s in Your Shopping Cart?”

Gregg Segal

AARP Photo takes a look at some favorite photographic commissions from 2024, assigned for AARP print and digital publications. Enjoy!

a bunch of sticks of wood turned into a circle with a man in the middle

Gregg Segal

Artist Jayson Fann turns fallen trees into spectacular ‘spirit nests’.

Noe Montes

Three members of a local, family-owned Adult Day Healthcare Center (ADHC) participate in early morning arm exercises on May 27, 2024.

a person on a golf cart looking at a destroyed home

Jayme Kaye Gershen

Scenes from the storm post-Hurricane Milton in the 55-plus community of Terra Palms in Bradenton, Florida, Oct 12, 2024

a woman in a red dress with furry hat and earrings

Steve Boyle

Beth Beverly of Diamond Tooth Taxidermy is a taxidermist and an artist. She specializes in wearable mounts, unusual home decor and also does work on pet memorials and companion aftercare.

Kendrick Brinson

Barbara Snyder brushes Ginger Price’s hair before performing with members of the Sun City Poms at Acoya Shea Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona. Price’s first time dancing wasn’t until she was a retiree. “It just makes you feel so good and alive. And of course the dancing is very good for the body and the mind.”

Preston Gannaway

Carlos Luis Olivas III is the primary caregiver for his father Carlos “Charlie” Luis Olivas Jr. (an artist and sculptor) who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's/dementia in 2017. Carlos gives his father a shave at home in their kitchen in Sacramento, California.

Trevor Paulhus

Tony Drewy joined the Terlingua, Texas Volunteer Fire Department shortly after his 50th birthday. As a certified Firefighter I & II with HazMat Awareness & Operations endorsements, he has begun training new recruits in the Big Bend region along with his other duties as a local volunteer firefighter.

Samuel L. Jackson photographed by Joe Pugliese in Los Angeles on Friday, June 21st 2024. Producer: Michael Klein at Circadian Pictures; Set Design: Ward Robinson for Wooden Ladder; Wardrobe Stylist: Jason Rembert; Groomer: Autumn Moultrie at The Wall Group

Actor Samuel L. Jackson photographed for AARP The Magazine in Los Angeles.

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Gregg Segal

Uvalde music educator Albert Martinez with his award-winning mariachi band.

Danny Wilcox Frazier

Caregiver Peggy Huppert kisses husband Marty Parrish, who lives with depression. She notices when he gets lethargic or irritable, signs he is slipping into a depressive mode.

Gregg Segal

Jake Myrick worked as an IT specialist for 25 years before founding Sequoia Sake in San Francisco with his wife, Noriko Kamei.

a person working with clay making pottery

Caleb Thal

Chyako Hashimoto, a native of Japan, first discovered her passion for pottery in college. After years of exhibiting and teaching she opened her own studio in 2010. “Clay asks me to be wiser. It demands me to slow down, focus and be patient.”

Madeline Gray

Billy Welch is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee and first started to experiment with carving more than 30 years ago. Now he owns Hunting Boy Wood Carving in Robbinsville, North Carolina where he carves masks that represent the seven traditional Cherokee clans - Bird, Deer, Wolf, Blue, Long Hair, Paint, and Wild Potato. He also does beading, weaving, and basket making. Welch hopes to instill a sense of appreciation for these traditional arts by teaching classes at the Robbinsville High School.

Dominic DiSaia

While touring as an artist almost 10 years ago, Lehi Thunder Voice Eagle Sanchez would often get questions about his hat — it was one he had created with his dad. Increased interest in the hat sparked the idea for a small collection. Pictured is a hat that is steamed and shaped using classic Navajo traditions.

Jared Soares

David Sampe is photographed while leading students from Washington, D.C., in a mindfulness and meditation exercise before beginning a lesson on woodworking.

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