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Erin Clark\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n2. FENWAY PARK | July 25 \u2014 It had been raining. The Red Sox were about to play Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers when I captured a photo of a single rainbow over the tarp-covered field. As the game started, I moved from the usual first-base shooting position to the third-base side, which is standard when a right-handed pitcher is starting. During the bottom of the first inning, as the Sox batted, a rainbow appeared, quickly followed by a double rainbow. They don\u2019t last long, so I grabbed my wide-angle lens, ran higher up in the stands, and managed to capture an image that included the entire field. -Matthew J. Lee<\/p>\n
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3. WORCESTER | January 18 \u2014 The Youth America Grand Prix event is one of my favorite things to photograph each year. I\u2019m usually drawn to the backstage rhythms, but I caught this moment at the Hanover Theatre as I was heading out \u2014 younger dancers from Angel Dance Company completely absorbed in the performance of their older peers on stage. It was a reminder that the competition for dance scholarships isn\u2019t only about the dancers under the lights, but also the ones learning by watching. -Erin Clark<\/p>\n
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4. LEXINGTON | April 15 \u2014 Reporter Brian MacQuarrie was retracing the route of Paul Revere\u2019s ride<\/a> on foot, and I was sent to try to illustrate it. I was looking for the confluence of old and new. I met up with Lexington History Museums program manager Sarah McDonough, who gave me an impromptu tour of the Hancock-Clarke House \u2014 the spot where Paul Revere had warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were on the move. She took me into the guest room once shared by Hancock and Adams, where the greens came alive in the natural light. As we left, she turned to close the shutters behind her, and I knew I had my photo. -Jessica Rinaldi<\/p>\n 5. WAKEFIELD | February 13 \u2014 I made this picture of Jen Fowler comforting her 12-year-old son<\/a>, Dante, midway through a 40-minute emotional outburst. Because their school district said it could not teach Dante due to his severe autism, Jen became a teacher for her son \u2014 their living room serving as a classroom and gymnasium. Ultimately, Jen\u2019s perseverance paid off when Dante was admitted to a school serving children with autism and other developmental disabilities. This picture is all about a mother\u2018s love and strength. -Craig F. Walker<\/p>\n 6. ALLSTON | October 25 \u2014 Being backstage at the runway show \u201cTexture Takes the Stage<\/a>: A Celebration of Textured Hair & Culture,\u201d watching models Jasmine Cline-Bailey, left, and Natalia Dennison have their hair and makeup done, felt easy in the best way \u2014 nobody was stressed, everyone was focused on making something beautiful. The light was fun, the energy was warm, and it was one of those assignments where you get to sink into the details and enjoy photographing people doing what they\u2019re great at. -Erin Clark <\/p>\n 7. BOSTON | January 30 \u2014 It was a cold and windy January morning when I arrived to capture the steam rising from these downtown utility holes, which a co-worker had mentioned the night before. Workers focused on correcting the situation, but I was taken by the pedestrians walking in and out, engulfed by the wind-whipped clouds as they went about their business. There was a dystopian feel to it all. -Craig F. Walker <\/p>\n 8. STOUGHTON | June 18 \u2014 With ICE arrests ramping up, the Globe spent a week documenting how different families were facing a new reality. Reporter Marcela Rodrigues had gotten a tip that the popular Catholic radio host Frilei Br\u00e1s had chosen to self-deport<\/a>. He\u2019d been stopped for a traffic violation in 2018 and a few years later he\u2019d missed a court hearing. Otherwise, he had checked in with immigration enforcement regularly. But at his last check-in, Br\u00e1s was told to leave the country within 15 days or risk arrest. His lawyer said that his past infractions were enough to doom his case under the new administration. Br\u00e1s couldn\u2019t bear the thought of being forcibly removed in front of his children, and so chose to self-deport. Now, in the dark of an early morning, his family had all gathered in their small living room. Huddled on the couch, the children watched as their dad prepared to leave. I wondered how many scenes like this were playing out across the country, in living rooms we would never see \u2014 lives shifting in the space of a moment? The tip had come at the last minute and there had been little time for introductions, so I did not then know any of these people\u2019s names except for his. It felt like the absolute worst way to have to do this. But it was happening and I was there with a camera \u2014 it was my responsibility to document it. -Jessica Rinaldi<\/p>\n 9. BURLINGTON | June 18 \u2014 Globe reporter Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio and I met Margarita (last name withheld) and her daughter at their home and rode with them to Burlington for her ICE check-in. We knew there was a real chance the Honduran immigrant could be detained. The car was tense and mostly silent; Katherin, a US citizen, could lose her mom that morning. When Margarita returned, wiping tears and saying she could stay, the relief in the car was immediate. They got to feel safe \u2014 if only for the day \u2014 and that felt important to witness. -Erin Clark<\/p>\n 10. ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT | August 8 \u2014 These Jamaican workers are here with temporary H-2A visas that allow them to be employed as seasonal agricultural workers. \u201cAmericans don\u2019t want to do this work,\u201d says Owen Jarmoc, 29, a fourth-generation farmer. They work long hours in the fields, doing the back-breaking labor of chopping down tobacco plants at Jarmoc Farms in Enfield, Connecticut<\/a>. Stacking them in the tobacco-curing barns to dry, they work together like circus acrobats scaling the four levels of wooden beams. I never heard a complaint. Once, I saw an unmarked police SUV with tinted windows pull toward the barn. The workers leapt down from their perches, and I readied my cameras in case it was an immigration raid, even though the men are here legally. But to my surprise, it was only a security guard delivering mango popsicles. Popsicle break is a daily ritual started by Jarmoc\u2019s grandmother. Instead of fear, there was joy. -Stan Grossfeld<\/p>\n 11. DUXBURY | January 20 \u2014 If you are fortunate enough to see a snowy owl<\/a> soaring toward you with its magnificent wingspan and movie star good looks, I guarantee that your heart will begin racing wildly and you will never forget it. One plea: If you are a fan of these magnificent birds, please, please stop using rodenticides to poison mice and rats \u2014 they then get eaten by hawks, owls, and eagles, who suffer slow, painful deaths. -Stan Grossfeld<\/p>\n 12. FENWAY | October 29 \u2014 At the free Halloween event at Fenway, I saw 2-year-old William Herrod and his parents taking in the view from the bleacher section and knew I\u2019d found my subject. Little kids have a lot of energy, so when I saw him going down the stairs I knelt down and placed my camera on the ground hoping he\u2019d come right back up, and, sure enough, he did. When you\u2019re that young you don\u2019t care about the view or the venue, only about how much fun it is going up and down. -Barry Chin<\/p>\n 13. CAMBRIDGE | February 13 \u2014 I went to Brattle Square Florist in Harvard Square on a rainy day for a Valentine\u2019s Day feature. I liked the roses and moisture on the glass \u2014 and waited for a black or red umbrella to pass close enough to the window to snap the image. -David L. Ryan<\/p>\n 14. BOSTON | May 18 \u2014 On Sundays, photo editors like to see photos early. But, when I noticed confetti launchers by the stage for Boston University\u2019s commencement at 1 p.m., I knew they were just going to have to wait. Two hours in, red and white confetti exploded over the field. I later found out that each of the 10 launchers held 10 pounds of paper. The jubilation made my day. -Pat Greenhouse <\/p>\n 15. DEDHAM | June 18 \u2014 As a pool photographer for Karen Read\u2019s murder retrial, I was in the courtroom every Monday. On this Wednesday, however, I was not assigned there. After hearing that a verdict had been reached, I rushed to Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham. Just as I spotted a parking space, the not-guilty verdict was broadcast. I heard the uproar on the radio and in real time. While photographing Read\u2019s supporters, I kept watch on the courthouse door. Just after 3:30 p.m., she emerged with her legal team \u2014 David Yannetti, center, and Alan Jackson. -Pat Greenhouse <\/p>\n 16. THREE MILE ISLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE | June 10 \u2014 Miles of Music camp<\/a> is basically five days of people being effortlessly talented. I tried not to trip over a guitar case in the small cabin, struggling to make anything work. I stepped outside and pressed my face against the window, using my head to block part of the reflection, and finally got a frame I loved. That night at dinner, participant Jane Minasian asked me why I\u2019d been looking through the window earlier \u2014 and lit up immediately when she realized she was the musician in the center of the photo I showed her. -Erin Clark<\/p>\n 17. BROOKLINE | April 18 \u2014 Tiny Hall\u2019s Pond in Brookline marked 50 years as a wetlands sanctuary. I spent the year \u2014 maybe 25 visits over the four seasons \u2014 photographing it, including this cormorant taking flight. Tucked behind apartment buildings near Coolidge Corner, the hidden pond is truly an oasis, offering those who know about it a place to luxuriate in nature. I live nearby and have visited hundreds of times without a camera to slow down and decompress. For neighborhood apartment dwellers, it\u2019s our communal backyard. -Lane Turner <\/p>\n 18. NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | January 23 \u2014 I often forget how strange it must be to have a photographer suddenly show up in your living room, and this family was no different \u2014 clearly unsure what to do with me at first. I told them to just settle in and do whatever they\u2019d normally be doing. When Nick and Jessica Farren asked their daughter Secily if she wanted to jump on her trampoline, her whole face lit up. Within seconds she was catching what looked like 4 feet of air, and the family eased back into their evening routine as if I wasn\u2019t there. -Erin Clark<\/p>\n 19. SOUTH BOSTON | January 1 \u2014 I saw the groom first. He was surrounded by his wedding party as he walked onto the beach for the annual New Year\u2019s Day polar plunge<\/a> held by the L Street Brownies swim club in South Boston. I thought, There\u2019s no way that guy is actually getting married here. Turns out, I was wrong. A few inquiries later I was running up to the L Street Tavern to try to track down his bride-to-be. I found her in the parade marching down to the beach. They said their vows on the sand and then took the plunge. -Jessica Rinaldi<\/p>\n 20. FOXBOROUGH | November 2 \u2014 Funny, a week earlier I\u2019d been talking to a few other photographers about how we hadn\u2019t had a good diving\/pylon shot all season. Then the next game, this happens! And even better, it happened in the corner of the field with the nice autumn light. I was sitting right there because at that angle you can see some of the sun\u2019s reflection off the suites, and I was just hoping the play would come toward me. Normally I\u2019d like a cleaner background, but because coach Vrabel is prominently celebrating with his hand up, it works in the photo. -Danielle Parhizkaran<\/p>\n 21. MEDFORD | December 3 \u2014 The Whittier Wildcats faced a tough season after head coach Kevin Bradley<\/a> was diagnosed with cancer. He didn\u2019t know if he\u2019d make it through. I documented his story in the fall, and met up with him and his team again when they made it to this year\u2019s championship. Coach Bradley gave an emotional pep-talk before the game, and then the players knelt in a circle and prayed together, arms on each other\u2019s shoulders. I knew these boys were like brothers to each other, but this was the moment when their brotherhood was most visible. -Ben Pennington<\/p>\n 22. WEST SPRINGFIELD | September 21 \u2014 I\u2019d been at the Big E for days, following the 4-H Beef Team from dawn to dusk. By this night, I was ready to collapse in my hotel bed. But the kids persuaded me to stay for a Wizard of Oz-themed costume competition, where they had to perform a full skit after a long day with their heifers. It was wonderfully unhinged, ending with the Wicked Witch of the West collapsing into a hay pile \u2014 and I was grateful I\u2019d remained. -Erin Clark<\/p>\n 23. AMHERST, NEW HAMPSHIRE | August 9 \u2014 I photographed Sully the Saint Bernard at a North America Diving Dogs event this past summer. What first struck me was how many different breeds and mixes were there. I positioned myself with a telephoto lens and started taking pictures of the dogs jumping off the dock. Some small and medium-size dogs jumped, and then came Sully. I knew this could be good since he\u2019d already made a jump and was going again\u2009\u2014\u2009and he was the biggest dog I had seen so far at the competition. Sully made his leap and that\u2019s what I captured: a beautiful dog in the air. -Jonathan Wiggs<\/p>\n 24. BOSTON | February 16 \u2014 I\u2019d been out shooting in a mess of rain, sleet, and snow, and somehow lost a glove. A camera in the winter seems to be the coldest surface on earth. With fingers getting numb, I jump in my car, start the engine, lean forward, and blast the heat. Looking up, the pelting rain makes the brownstones of Newbury Street look a little Monet-ish. I can\u2019t draw, I can\u2019t paint, but I know enough to thank the photo gods for sending a gift my way. -Stan Grossfeld<\/p>\n 25. BOSTON | June 18 \u2014 Boston Public Schools was preparing to close the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School<\/a> \u2014 its last standalone middle school \u2014 and I was invited to visit a number of times throughout the year. The school\u2019s promotion ceremony, held at the Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology, was an opportunity for students to shine. I wish I\u2019d had the confidence these students appear to have when I was their age. -Craig F. Walker<\/p>\n 26. PORTSMOUTH, R.I. | March 5 \u2014 I was assigned to chronicle Scott Naso\u2019s journey to be allowed to say who could spend time with his 4-year-old daughter<\/a>, Laila. His wife had died, and her parents wanted to see their only grandchild. Naso blames his wife\u2019s parents for her death and Laila\u2019s illnesses and was fighting them in court. <\/p>\n I spent over a dozen hours with Naso and Laila, documenting their daily life. Angles, as well as large and small objects, can be used to block anything that should not be seen in a published photograph; in this case, a child\u2019s body at bath time. For this shot, the bathroom door did the blocking work for me. All I had to do was sit in the hall and wait for that loving, playful moment between a father and daughter. -Suzanne Kreiter<\/p>\n 27. LEOMINSTER | September 23 \u2014 I was asked to photograph a Guatemalan mother and her three daughters after her husband had been taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Agents had held their 5-year-old daughter, who is autistic, outside their home while pressuring the parents to come outside, the family said. The tricky part of my assignment: The mother did not want to be identifiable. Reflecting about how helpless she must have felt when her daughter was being held by ICE, I thought: She\u2019ll probably never let her go again. I figured the picture should be about protection. I explained my idea and things came together: soft light, the caring hands of mother and sisters, and an innocent face. -Craig F. Walker <\/p>\n 28. ORLEANS COUNTY, VERMONT | July 10 \u2014 Farmworker Wuendy Bernardo was preparing dinner when I saw some of her children playing outside the window. The family has lived and worked at this Vermont dairy farm<\/a> for more than a decade. For years, Bernardo \u2014 apprehended after illegally crossing the southern border in 2014 \u2014 has had to check in with immigration authorities, and this has become more frequent under President Trump. Less than two weeks from this day, Bernardo was scheduled to face deportation proceedings. (She was eventually granted a stay of removal through next October, according to her attorney.) I can\u2019t imagine the stress this must have caused for her family. Though life appears picture-perfect in the photograph, looks can be deceiving. -Craig F. Walker <\/p>\n 29. WILLISTON, VT. | April 18 \u2014 In the room that Nahomy and Andrea shared, the Chavarria sisters tried on their graduation caps. It looked like the prelude to any other graduation, except that they would be the only ones walking across the stage at Champlain Valley Union High School that day. It was a ceremony that their educators had scrambled to put together upon learning that the girls would self-deport<\/a> with their family back to Nicaragua. Their teachers wanted to send them off like any other high school seniors. They had come to Vermont legally under a Biden-era humanitarian program. But now, there was a new president who had set a date to pull the plug on the program. We tried to document the last pivotal moments of their lives here in the United States before they left. -Jessica Rinaldi<\/p>\n 30. MILFORD | June 11 \u2014 It was Christina Toledo\u2019s twins\u2019 fourth birthday, and her son Jhon was refusing to blow the candles out on his birthday cake. Twelve days prior, the boys had watched from a window as their father was taken away by ICE<\/a> agents. Now, in the kitchen, Jhon had sulked under the table. Toledo scooped him up and sat him on the counter as she tried to comfort him, telling him that his father would want him to celebrate his birthday. \u201cI don\u2019t want birthday. I want Daddy,\u201d Jhon replied. -Jessica Rinaldi<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TIKVFGPC7DEDDZBCPZA5WFR5TY.JPG\")
Craig F. Walker\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7PUTF37ESZAILPNMCTIAHTIENI.JPG\")
Erin Clark\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RYKAWFUGTR2XXH4SX33B76GSHU.JPG\")
Craig F. Walker\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IJ57IJFQENX4CQLMLHHE5WM63A.JPG\")
Jessica Rinaldi\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/QUZAS2DQJRAEVKE57HN6TF3EAE.JPG\")
Erin Clark\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6VAFBFK3I4WDQ3A5H2CW5RWMXI.jpg\")
Stan Grossfeld<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SFJOT74HWVCW5GUJB722NFZ6GU.jpg\")
Stan Grossfeld\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XDKDCIM2YSB6XEHOSZTNA6G3OU.jpg\")
Barry Chin\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3QEURQGW4UYM2WDR6OLC2RB7DI.jpg\")
David L. Ryan\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/E3STLHWC464BUKP7LRVLCFZOBM.jpg\")
Pat Greenhouse\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4MEZJB53WVFCRJPUJNNVFXZNLU.jpg\")
Pat Greenhouse\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ORVFTVQZQW2ORV2SLQ2Q2QSXIA.JPG\")
Erin Clark\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Q3DGPATOFWZMTG3OWBMEUJHWC4.jpg\")
Lane Turner<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/QU3E6OHXBRH2ZXBR57HFRF2DRI.JPG\")
Erin Clark\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VYDK44EMYDPORDUIRHPBKF76GA.JPG\")
Jessica Rinaldi\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AOLBSGPIRBESZLWYSJESFW257Q.JPG\")
Danielle Parhizkaran\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/G6C7QATI75IK3H6YEDZHVAD7QQ.JPG\")
Ben Pennington\/for The Boston Globe<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TPGGPC74CBMYMRP3QYR7F5MDMM.JPG\")
Erin Clark\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZHQUUWQLTFDZXHQEWGUSFEOKUU.jpg\")
Jonathan Wiggs\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PMKBWSFHVBHIXN5VJOOVY3KFSE.jpg\")
Stan Grossfeld\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/E7Q6JUZ5NXCPR7GSVSUUACO6BM.JPG\")
Craig F. Walker\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Y2ONVZ3XSBDPJEST2BT3A7KNFA.jpg\")
Suzanne Kreiter\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/M7AOALPVJWQCXA23WKZMT4TYVU.jpg\")
Craig F. Walker\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/L4Y2MLDGEVVDECJKI5RWMSOKSE.jpg\")
Craig F. Walker\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6XJ7IM4RULKQXVPIKWL3V64HDA.JPG\")
Jessica Rinaldi\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5PYHJDFS6BKR7TGZHRBVJQT5NQ.JPG\")
Jessica Rinaldi\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/QLU75QFAGRB4ZODL5XFSR5QGSI.jpg\")
Craig F. Walker\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n