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AARP's Favorite Photos of 2024
The AARP Photo Team shares their most memorable images from the past year
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!
Gregg Segal
Artist Jayson Fann turns fallen trees into spectacular ‘spirit nests’.
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Noe Montes
Three members of a local, family-owned Adult Day Healthcare Center (ADHC) participate in early morning arm exercises on May 27, 2024.
Jayme Kaye Gershen
Scenes from the storm post-Hurricane Milton in the 55-plus community of Terra Palms in Bradenton, Florida, Oct 12, 2024
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.
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.
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Jake Myrick worked as an IT specialist for 25 years before founding Sequoia Sake in San Francisco with his wife, Noriko Kamei.
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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