LOOK: Our favorite photos of the year

There’s just so much to behold! Scroll and you will find some lovely images that, by sheer statistics, you’ll find resonates with at least one of your soft spots.

Kevin Beaty

Dec. 30, 2016, 6:02 am

6 min. read

A massive protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would cut through Indian country in North Dakota, at the capitol on Sept. 8, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) protest; emergy; indigenous; kevinjbeaty; denver; colorado; denverite; civic center park; capitol;

Look, it's possible the sheer massive number of images on this page might be slow for you, but it's worth the corn-dogged wait. There's just so much to behold! Scroll and you will find some lovely images that, by sheer statistics, you'll find resonates with at least one of your soft spots.

Isabella Smith smiles during a Thanksgiving meal drive by the Epworth Foundation. Nov. 11, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Esteemed elder Ms. Isetta Crawford Rawls watches from behind the curtain during the first night of Kwanzaa at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, Dec. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Paul Tamburello, Pene Doubleday and Axie Blondon of So Let's Roll pose for a photo. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Mandi McKeon helps her son Sullivan reach the waterfall where the Cherry Creek meets the South Platte during Riverfest at Confluence Park. June 25, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Master Organist Norm Sutphin at the keys. Christmas Eve at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2016, their 152nd anniversary. (Kevin J.Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado elector Polly Baca speaks to the media at the Colorado Capitol. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Will, who is camping in Denver despite a local ban, in his tent under a blizzard. Dec. 17, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Eden Crosby at the Denver Pavilions holiday carousel. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Black Girls Jump, an organization committed to promoting active lifestyles for kids, bounces around Five Points' Sonny Lawson Park. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

The National Anthem plays as hundreds gather to watch the Colorado Electoral College vote, Dec. 19, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Lumenati co-founder Scott McDonald at his company's new workspace. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Tonestus Pygmaeus, known as the pygmy goldenweed, collected on Mt. Goliath Aug. 18, 1982. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Town Center at Aurora brought Santa to kids with special needs. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Charles Burrell at home. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Randy Wilson holds up a bag of jewelry at Dickensheet and Associate's auction. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

The team behind the GOES-S weather satellite in Lockheed Martin’s Centennial cleanroom. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

A man who goes by "Possum" signs a written warning to vacate. Protestors who have set up camp in front of the City and County Building to denounce Denver's urban camping ban are removed by police. Nov. 29, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Juan Garcia in his bodega. Small Business Saturday. Nov. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

A view down Colfax, featuring the Lion's Lair, Pete's Kitchen, the Satire Lounge and John's Liquors. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Kammie in her Denver home, where she lives with five indoor cats and four feral cats. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

A supermoon, seen from Red Rocks. Nov. 14, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

JROTC students stand in formation during the Veterans Day parade at Civic Center Park. Nov. 12, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

A couple of beer-loving folks hang in hammocks at Beerliner and Chill. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Jonathon Leddy (left) and Matt Callaway carry an enormous Trump/Pence sign down the 16th Street Mall. A passerby gives Leddy a high five. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Matthew McGregor, president of the Boise Beardsmen, competed in the Great American Beard and Moustache Championship at Summit Music Hall Saturday. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Danny Tims Jr., who has lived in Civic Center Park for the last month and was hired by Denver Day Works. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Rob Mies holds Camilla, the megabat flying fox (Pteropus) at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

TJ Vong, bar lead at Curio, pours a drink at Central Market. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Monmay Baniya sits in a circle of singing ladies. The Hindu Durga Puja celebration held in Aurora's Lowry Park pavilion by the local community of Bhutanese/Nepali refugees. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Mike Pence speaks to crowd after Town Hall at Mile High Station. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Folsom Field, as seen reflected in Ralphie the mascot's eye. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Upstairs at the Denver County Fair's Kitten Pavilion, this sphinx cat. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Point guard Emmanuel Mudiay speaks to reporters during Denver Nuggets press day, Sept. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Francis Fontonia and her nephew Petros in Fontonia's house of flowers. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Julia Brown receives butterfly arm paint at the Child Rescue Foundation stand outside of the Cherry Creek Public Library. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Liberal and conservative supporters clash outside the Western Conservative Summit at the Colorado Convention Center on July 1, 2016. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

Shirlea Neal (left) and Rita Roberts dine at the Welton Street Cafe. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Nolan Arenado and a bunch of tacos. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver Justice Project co-founder Alex Landau speaks at a protest outside the City and County Building before a City Council meeting discussing the status of the Office of the Independent Monitor. Aug. 15, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Darryl Glenn speaks at the Red State Gathering in downtown Denver. August 12, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Esmeralda Aguilar outside her home in Elyria Swansea. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

The Bannock Street Criterium. July 31, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty)

Dr. Steven Lee watches "The Martian" during a Denver Film Society event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Lee is Department Chair & Curator of Planetary Science at the museum and his work focuses on the interaction of surface and atmosphere on Mars. Needless to say he was the keynote presenter after the film, discussing the planet's weather and geography differ from the on-screen depiction. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Tamara Door, President and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership speaks about the organization's vision for the city in the next year. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Protestors from Black Lives Matter march through downtown Denver Thursday night. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Naureen Singh looks back at the crowd during the Vaisakhi celebration. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Jake Johns, a comic book collector for 40 years, lives his dream job organizing Mile High Comics' collection that holds an estimated 1,373,400 issues. The company is America's largest comics dealer. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Erigeron eximius, a wild daisy variety, found near Empire, Colo., on Aug. 22, 1999. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Kevin Beaty

Kevin is a multimedia artist who flung himself into the world of journalism. He likes using a camera and microphone to tell stories about workers, the environment, social justice and fascinating humans.