Year in photos

Summing up a year in photos is always a pain.  How do you sum up 80,000 pictures, countless hours, 4 dozen notepads of names & info and a year of growth in a few dozen pictures?  For me, I look at the pictures I shot in 2011 that I couldn’t or didn’t see in 2010.  I’m looking for growth and hoping next year will bring more growth.

 

A shaft of light illuminates Herman Gee as he listens to a lecture on Alzheimer's disease by health officials from St. Mary's Hospital at the temporary Jackson County Senior Center located at the IW Davis Detention Center on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 in Jackson County, Ga. Gee said he was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease himself. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

A few trucks and cars try to maneuver down Beaverdam Road on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Melissa Bowden blow-dries one of her show chickens after the birds bath at the Bowden house in Bishop, Ga. on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Athens-Clarke Emergency Managament Coordinator Chuck Gulley is framed in the broken window of Peter Fancher's van as he takes a photo of a large oak tree that fell across Milledge Avenue near Oakland Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Athens, Ga. Fancher's window was broken by a limb from the falling tree. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Jayla Thomas of Winterville Elementary School attempts to spell a word correctly during the Clarke County School District Annual Spelling Bee at Clarke Central High School on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Rayeann Queen, left, and Ruth-Ann Smith talk about being homeless and the victims of assault and rape under a bridge off of North Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 in Athens,Ga. Queen was raped by Avery Christopher Bradford after he was released from jail on a separate rape charge. Smith was able to escape a rape attempt by the same man. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Stage lights set the Classic Center aglow as Widespread Panic plays the second of two 25th anniversary homecoming shows at on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Family members, Balinda Hood, center, and Jennifer Hood, middle-right, are comforted by friends as they watch from the back of a news van as Jamie Hood surrenders to the police after a four day manhunt on Friday, March 25, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens)

 

Tucker Beynart, 2, enjoys a freshly picked strawberry at Washington Farms in Bogart, Ga. on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Several cyclist hit the pavement on turn 1 during the Terrapin Twilight Criterium in Athens, Ga. on Saturday, April 30, 2011. (Richard Hamm)

 

The setting sun cast shadows of a pack of cyclist during the Terrapin Pro/Am Twilight Criterium in Athens, Ga. on Saturday, April 30, 2011.

 

Fans cheer and hold their ears as funny car dragster pass during the 2011 NHRA race at Atlanta Dragway.

 

Georgia's Lucie Ondraschkov lands in the sand as she competes in the long jump on the third day of the Southeastern Conference's Track and Field Championships at the Spec Towns Track at the University of Georgia on Saturday, May 14, 2011 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Pride Parade performs at the 40 Watt Club during the annual Athfest Summer Music Festival in Athens, Ga. on Friday, June 25, 2011.

 

Lacey, an Australian shepherd, crashes into a pool of water during the Great American Dawg Jump at Oconee Veteran's Park on Friday, July 2, 2011 in Oconee County, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Terri Daniels, right, learns a new knitting technique from Fiber Craft Guild member Diane Barret during a ride on the Athens Route 20 bus on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 in Athens, Ga. Members of the Fiber Craft Guild were riding the bus all through out the day and encouraging people to learn fiber crafts and join the guild. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Emon Baker is lifted up by a trainer at the end of fight against Kiara West during a night of amateur MMA fights at the Bad Manor on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga. Baker won by judges decision. (Richard Hamm/Staff/richard.hamm@onlineathens.com)

 

Richard Hamm/Staff Josh Miller, right, and his son Kaj try to maneuver a cookie without using their hands in the Great Race during the Becoming a Man Father and Son Event for law enforcement officers and their family at Sandy Creek Park on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 in Athens, Ga. The Great Race was one of several events during the father son weekend.

 

Richard Hamm/Staff Athens Academy's Mary Banister (8) Athens Academy's Crysten Curry (3) and Athens Academy's Dakota Williams (6) celebrate a point as Providence Christian's Emily Walls (23) walks away as Athens Academy takes on Providence Christian School in a second round Class A/AA playoff match at Athens Academy on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2011 in Athens, Ga.

 

Richard Hamm/Staff Accused cop killer Jamie Hood points at District Attorney Ken Mauldin as he speaks during a pre-trial appearance at the Clarke County Courthouse on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 in Athens, Ga. Hood is charged with murdering Athens-Clarke Police SPO Elmer "Buddy" Christian and shooting SPO Tony Howard on March 22nd.

 

Richard Hamm/Staff A couple watches from a window, right, as police surround a home where they believe murder suspect Cody Lumpkin is hiding during a three and a half hour standoff in a home in the Western Athens-Clarke County Stonehendge subdivision on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga.

 

Richard Hamm/Staff Cody Lumpkin, right, who is suspected in the Sunday shooting death of Jeremy Sean Buchanan, holds up his hands as an Athens-Clarke Police Officer orders him to surrender after a three and a half hour standoff in a home in the Western Athens-Clarke County Stonehendge subdivision on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 in Athens, Ga.

 

 

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