Best of 2017: Photos

 Mauricio Lima, "Women and Children Mourning the Death of Two Kurdish Soldiers" (2017)

Here are my favorite New Yorker photographs of 2017:

1. Mauricio Lima’s “Women and Children Mourning the Death of Two Kurdish Soldiers,” for Luke Mogelson’s “Dark Victory” (November 6, 2017).

2. Mauricio Lima’s “Female Fighters for the Syrian Democratic Forces," for Luke Mogelson’s “Dark Victory” (November 6, 2017).

3. Thomas Prior’s “Irad and Jose Ortiz,” for John Seabrook’s “Top Jocks” (December 4, 2017).

4. William Mebane’s “Tim Ho Wan,” for Jiayang Fan’s “Tables For Two: Tim Ho Wan” (April 17, 2017).

5. Victor J. Blue’s “Captain Basam Attallah Shoots at a Cache of ISIS Explosives,” for Luke Mogelson’s “The Avengers of Mosul” (February 6, 2017).

6. Daniel Shea’s “Peter Doig,” for Calvin Tomkins’s “Somewhere Different” (December 11, 2017).

7. Nadine Ijewere’s “Lynette Yiadom-Boakye,” for Zadie Smith’s “A Bird of Few Words” (June 19, 2017).

8. Dina Litovsky’s “Phil Young,” for Nicolas Niarchos’s “Tables For Two: Lenox Saphire” (January 2, 2017).

9. Nadav Kander’s “Julian Assange,” for Raffi Khatchadourian’s “Man Without a Country” (August 21, 2017).

10. Amy Lombard’s “Sexy Taco/Dirty Cash,” for Nicolas Niarchos’s “Tables For Two: Sexy Taco/Dirty Cash” (February 6, 2017).