The Fox Valley's year in photos
Examine our photo journalists' choices for their favorite images of the year and you get an idea about the power of a still photograph.
The truth, of course, is that each picture can be described with just one word.
Joy. Sadness. Pride. Dejection. Silence. Solitude.
Look closer, though, and you'll discover the many layers to each image and the truth behind the old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words.
Look even closer and you'll realize another cliché is also true: Every picture really does tell a story.
A stray beam of sunshine from a skylight illuminates Eric Vonderhar, 14, as he sings during the last day of vacation bible school at St. Patrick Catholic Church's Crane Road location in St. Charles.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Contestants line up for the the "Presentation of Candidates in Swimsuits" in the Miss McHenry County Queen 2009 pageant at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock on Aug. 5.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
While her brother played softball on a nearby field, 22-year-old Stephanie Walton of Fox River Grove walked under a clear sky and full moon with Marciano, her black laborador retriever, on a ridge in Lions Park in Cary.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
2008 Little Mr. Algonquin Founders' Days Logan Bazdor takes a relaxed approach to Sunday's Little Miss and Mr. Pageant on the last day of the 49th annual Algonquin Founders' Days festival.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
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