On Proof: Pictures We Love
At the end of the year National Geographic staff bring together some of their favorite images from the past year. It’s an edit of the best of 2015, from the National Geographic Magazine, to Traveler and news to Your Shot, we’ve seen some amazing images and storytelling. These are the Pictures We Love.
Jeanne Modderman, Photography Producer, Your Shot
A good photo should make you feel something. A great photo should move you. When I saw photographer Elliot Ross’ photo as I was editing October’s Best of Daily Dozen for Your Shot, I was overcome by the immediate intimacy and empathy I felt for this family before I even read the caption. Inspired by the work of FSA photographers like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, Ross has been photographing the rural working class, documenting their “deep sense of faith, family, and connectedness to the land.” It’s easy to forget when you live in cities like Washington, D.C., that there are still so many who rely on the land for their livelihood and that drama can play out in a single moment. This image transported me to this time and place and, more exceptional, an image I’ve never seen before.
View more editor favorites on our sister blog Proof.
Photograph by Elliot Ross