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2024: Favorite Photos

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For various reasons it took me a long time to commit to a set of favorite photographs of 2024. I chose the title of this list carefully, as I do every year. Note that it is not “Best Photgraphs” or “My 15 Favorite Photographs” or similar — it is just Favorite Photographs of 2024. Why is that? These are, indeed, among my “favorite” photograph from 2024, but I can’t say for sure that they are the favorite, much less that they are my “best” of the year.

Making this annual list is both a pleasure and a big challenge. The pleasure comes from reviewing hundreds of photographs and, in the process, both rediscovering some of them and reliving the experiences behind making them. The challenge? There are several. The first is that it is very hard to winnow them down to a manageable number. I probably stared with nearly 100, made a quick cut to half that many, labored to make the next 50% cut, and finally got the number down to the 15 you see here. (My target was a dozen, but now that I’m eight months late… it was time to just put them out there!)

The photographs include several themes in my photography: The Sierra Nevada, travel and street photography, the desert and ocean, wildlife and nature. To qualify as a “2024 Favorite” the photographs had to have first been publicly shared in that year. First up is a display of the whole set, followed further down that page with larger individual files with a bit more information. (Clicking on the larger photographs opens their original posts in new tabs.)

2024: Favore Photographs — G Dan Mitchell
2024: Favore Photographs — G Dan Mitchell

View larger versions of the individual photographs below. Click on any of them to visit the original posts, which include additional background information.

Autumn Aspen Forest
“Autumn Aspen Forest” — Tall aspen trees with white trunks and autumn leaves, Eastern Sierra Nevada.
After the Rain
“After the Rain” — Rain-slicked rocks in a subalpine meadow as a Sierra storm clears.
Trees and Smoke
“Trees and Smoke ” — Smoke from a managed fire drifts among Yosemite Valley autumn trees.
Doorway, Arezzo, Italy
“Doorway, Arezzo, Italy” — Doorway and wall on a side street in Arezzo, Italy.
Couple at Windows, Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site
“Couple at Windows, Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site ” — A couple stands at the windows on an upper floor of the main building at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, Barcelona.
Coffee Building
“Coffee Building” — An old, dilapidated building near the Borough Market, London.
Desert Church, Storm Sky
https://gdanmitchell.com/2024/04/02/desert-church-storm-sky/“Desert Church, Storm Sky ” — Stormy skies above the St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Roman Catholic Church in Trona, California
Armadillo, Glasgow
“Armadillo, Glasgow ” — The curving roof of the “Armadillo,” a venue in Glasgow, Scotland.
Breaking Wave
“Breaking Wave ” — Breaking winter storm wave, Northern California Coast.
Meadowlark Song #2
“Meadowlark Song #2 ” — A meadowlark perches on a post and sings a New Year’s Day song.
Wood and Stones
“Wood and Stones ” — Cast-up driftwood, stones, and seashore detritus on coastal rocks at Point Lobos.
Leaves and Rain
“Leaves and Rain ” — Lush green leaves with raindrops, Stirling Castle garden, Scotland.
Edge of Lake Manly
“Edge of Lake Manly ” — Photographed from high above, the waters of temporary Lake Manly meet the edge of Death Valley salt flats.
Morning Clouds, Lake Manly
Wetlands, Dawn Light and Fog
“Wetlands, Dawn Light and Fog ” — Shallow fog diffuses the morning light in Central Valley wetlands.

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G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him. Blog | Bluesky | Mastodon | Substack Notes | Flickr | Email

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