2020 in Photos
Blue Angel pilot Lt. Julius Bratton hugs young Ava Amerine, whose parents are friends with Bratton through the military, while visiting the Millington-Memphis Airport Jan. 2, 2020. The Blue Angels were in town for a “pre-season” visit promoting the Mid-South Airshow. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Kendrica Wright and Lee Williams sit on an empty Beale Street on St. Patrick’s Day Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Married couple Holly Whittle and John Steinert kiss in front of their cheering friends who surprised them in the parking lot after their wedding on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at St. Louis Catholic Church. The couple had to pare down their wedding after social distancing was strongly encouraged to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
St. Francis Hospital-Memphis nurses, including Deonta Buck (middle), raise their hands in praise while attending a prayer vigil for patients and staff in the hospital parking lot on Monday, April 6, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A health care worker prepares to test a patient for COVID-19 at the drive-thru testing facility at Tiger Lane April 10, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor wave to family members, who paraded by them on Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Bambi Williams, wife of deacon Frank Williams, prays alone at St. Patrick Catholic Church May 3, 2020 while surrounded by the photos of her fellow parishioners. The photos were hung as a way to make the church seem not as empty while during its virtual services held during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Amari Ajamu (middle), along with sister Nzinga Ajamu (left), celebrates his Stax Music Academy graduation with a car parade from family and friends on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Barbara Buress quietly touches the I Am A Man statue in Memphis on Monday, June 1, 2020, during a protest over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Shelby County chief of staff Danielle Inez sings "Lean of Me" with her five-year-old son Joseph during a memorial service held for George Floyd at Civic Center Plaza in Downtown Memphis June 8, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds took part in a LGBTQ pride ride on Saturday, June 13, 2020 through several neighborhoods on their way to the National Civil Rights Museum. They rode to support the end of police brutality and advance the Pride movement. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Mike Green grinds a rail during local artist David Yancy's Best Trick Contest at the Raleigh Skate Park July 4, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Anna Mauwong rubs medicine on the knees of Annie, who is recovering from equine protozoa, while going about her daily duties at ARK Farms July 15, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The comet NEOWISE can be seen looking northwest over the Hernando DeSoto Bridge July 21, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy pepper sprays a crowd of protesters gathered outside of 201 Poplar after they attempted to take the demonstration inside the building July 25, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The national Live Events Coalition placed 48 empty tables in Tom Lee Park Sept. 15, 2020, each representing 250,000 live event workers who are struggling to find work. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The ashes of University of Memphis mascot TOM III made one last trip around Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium during an Oct. 17, 2020 game against the University of Central Florida. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Regional One midwife Meghan Medea shows Tramaine Whitten where his soon-to-be brother is during a Sept. 30, 2020 checkup. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
University of Memphis quarterback Brady White (3) gives head coach Ryan Silverfield a hug while holding the game ball after an Oct. 17, 2020 game against University of Central Florida at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A Christ Community Health Services staff member waits for patients at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site on Wednesday, October 20, 2020 on Lamar Avenue. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Service officer Amanda Sutter takes a picture of a stray dog during the intake process at Memphis Animal Shelter on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. MAS has half the dogs for adoption as it did before the pandemic. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Justin Warriner (left) helps his friend Jeffery McConnico fold a blanket Nov. 27, 2020. In addition to free narcan and needle exchanges, A Betor Way also provides food and clothing to Memphians struggling with addiction. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Darrell Cobbins reflects in his car outside of Baptist Memorial Hospital, where his brother Donnell died from COVID-19 earlier in the day Dec. 11, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Dr. Aileen Gayoso gets the COVID-19 vaccine from Demetria Dandridge at Methodist University Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. Gayoso was among the first frontline workers in Tennessee to get the vaccine on the first day it was available to hospitals in the state. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Here is how Memphis and the Mid-South looked in 2020, through the eyes and lenses of Daily Memphian staff photographers.
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