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Tim Smith’s photos of the year

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The end of a year is often a point of reflection and for photojournalists it is an opportunity to look through the past year of photographs, grumble to ourselves that our work isn’t good enough and vow to work harder next year.

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This article was published 30/12/2022 (1008 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The end of a year is often a point of reflection and for photojournalists it is an opportunity to look through the past year of photographs, grumble to ourselves that our work isn’t good enough and vow to work harder next year.

Being a photojournalist is often a full-time exercise in self-criticism. I filed approximately 3,000 photos for The Brandon Sun throughout 2022. When I look through the past year, I see all the moments that weren’t there, the failures, the images I missed, the stories I wish I had more time to pursue and the attempts that just didn’t work out.

However, I also feel lucky for the privilege I have in documenting the community I live in. Anyone who has met me knows I love the Prairies. My selections for my photos of the year reflect this. They aren’t key events or major stories but rather strands of life from 2022 that reflect southwestern Manitoba as if it is a single, living, breathing system. So I don’t see this edit of photos as disparate moments but as one cohesive, connected story of Westman.

John Lepp, owner of Rivers Air Spray, applies fungicide to a canola crop west of Rivers from his Air Tractor AT-802F on a hot July day.
John Lepp, owner of Rivers Air Spray, applies fungicide to a canola crop west of Rivers from his Air Tractor AT-802F on a hot July day.

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Riley Wilson of Cardston, Alta., warms up for the team roping event before competing at the Virden Indoor Rodeo in August.
Riley Wilson of Cardston, Alta., warms up for the team roping event before competing at the Virden Indoor Rodeo in August.
Quentin PJ Tootoosis of Poundmaker First Nation finishes putting on his regalia prior to the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Powwow in August.
Quentin PJ Tootoosis of Poundmaker First Nation finishes putting on his regalia prior to the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Powwow in August.
A great grey owl hunts for prey under deep snow north of Erickson along Highway 10 on a late February day.
A great grey owl hunts for prey under deep snow north of Erickson along Highway 10 on a late February day.
Residents of apartments along Tracey Street in Brandon’s south end congregate to watch and take photos of a double rainbow arching across the sky after an evening storm passed over Brandon in late June.
Residents of apartments along Tracey Street in Brandon’s south end congregate to watch and take photos of a double rainbow arching across the sky after an evening storm passed over Brandon in late June.
Monty Forbes of Melita immediately after competing in the Junior Steer Riding event at the Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion and Stampede at Austin, Manitoba in late July.
Monty Forbes of Melita immediately after competing in the Junior Steer Riding event at the Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion and Stampede at Austin, Manitoba in late July.
Light reflecting off spray from an irrigation pivot near Carberry creates a colourful rainbow over a potato crop on a late August morning.
Light reflecting off spray from an irrigation pivot near Carberry creates a colourful rainbow over a potato crop on a late August morning.
Last light at the Harte elevator northwest of Carberry in September.
Last light at the Harte elevator northwest of Carberry in September.
Laundry hangs to dry along clotheslines at the Wiebe home in Polonia in October.
Laundry hangs to dry along clotheslines at the Wiebe home in Polonia in October.
A lynx walks through deep snow in a clearing along Swanson Creek in Riding Mountain National Park on a cold February day. Lynx are built for tough winters with large paws to help keep them above the snow. Their populations rise and fall with that of snowshoe hares, an important food source for lynx.
A lynx walks through deep snow in a clearing along Swanson Creek in Riding Mountain National Park on a cold February day. Lynx are built for tough winters with large paws to help keep them above the snow. Their populations rise and fall with that of snowshoe hares, an important food source for lynx.
A red fox kit gives its sibling a playful bite while playing outside their den bordering Highway 10 south of Brandon on a warm June afternoon.
A red fox kit gives its sibling a playful bite while playing outside their den bordering Highway 10 south of Brandon on a warm June afternoon.
Selena Hanska of Birdtail First Nation does her hair while getting ready for the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Powwow in August.
Selena Hanska of Birdtail First Nation does her hair while getting ready for the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Powwow in August.
Dancers compete under lights at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Powwow in August.
Dancers compete under lights at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Powwow in August.
Cassandra Lepp talks over the radio while combining barley north of Rivers along with her sister Stefanie in a nearby combine.
Cassandra Lepp talks over the radio while combining barley north of Rivers along with her sister Stefanie in a nearby combine.
Frost and snow cling to strands of horse hair caught in the barbs along a barbed wire fence south of Polonia on a mild December day.
Frost and snow cling to strands of horse hair caught in the barbs along a barbed wire fence south of Polonia on a mild December day.
Young people from Deerboine Colony work together to load straw bales onto a flatbed after the left over wheat stalks were baled on a hot August afternoon.
Young people from Deerboine Colony work together to load straw bales onto a flatbed after the left over wheat stalks were baled on a hot August afternoon.
Lukas Hofer walks on his hands atop a flatbed during a pause while loading straw bales with other young people from Deerboine Colony on a hot August afternoon.
Lukas Hofer walks on his hands atop a flatbed during a pause while loading straw bales with other young people from Deerboine Colony on a hot August afternoon.
A sheep is prepared for a rider in the mutton busting event at the Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion and Stampede in July.
A sheep is prepared for a rider in the mutton busting event at the Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion and Stampede in July.
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River during flooding in May.
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River during flooding in May.
The moon rises after sunset as combines harvest canola at Deerboine Colony on a warm and windy September evening.
The moon rises after sunset as combines harvest canola at Deerboine Colony on a warm and windy September evening.

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