SMH 2022 Annual Photos
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From war-torn Ukraine to the devastating floods that continue to affect Australia, the Herald’s photographers have captured and documented many historical events and moments from the past year. For more than a century, they’ve been the eyes of newsrooms, always focused on sharing the stories that matter to you, our readers. Before you head into 2023, take a look back at some of the key moments that defined 2022 through the lens of our award-winning photography.
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Ukrainian soldier Oleh Nazarov, 51, who suffered head, neck and back injuries when he was hit by a grenade in a trench, is awaiting transfer at a medical stabilization point in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Oleh has served in the Ukrainian army since 2015, initially in the Donbass War, where he was seriously wounded in 2018. After two years of rehab, he returned to active duty.Credit:Kate Glady
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United States: ‘Wedge-shaped’ tornadoes sweep through prairies in the Texas Panhandle. The 1-kilometre-long tornado narrowly skimmed the town of Moreton in May, causing little damage except to drought-stricken cotton fields.Credit:Nick Moore
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Football Federation Australia and Argentina fans gathered in Darling Harbor on 4 December to watch the live broadcast of the FIFA World Cup round of 16 knockout match in Qatar.Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame present morning tea at the 2022 Australian of the Year awards ceremony at the Canberra Hotel on Tuesday 25 January.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives at the 2022 NSW Labor Conference at Sydney Town Hall on October 15, 2022.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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As Liudmyla Rudska, 64, sat in her apartment in Avdiyivka, eastern Ukraine, in March, unable to leave as she listened to the gunfire outside, she wiped Tears to the face, telling of the impact of living on the touchline for eight years. Avdiyivka is home to Europe’s largest coke plant and the front line of an eight-year war in the Donbas region. Credit:Kate Glady
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In November, the Wyangala Dam released hundreds of thousands of megaliters of water. The release of rain will affect downstream towns such as Forbes and Ugora in the coming days.Credit:Nick Moore
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On November 8, 2022, a Blood Moon will rise over North Bondi. Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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During the federal election campaign, then Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited Westmere in the Parramatta electorate with retiring MP Julie Owens Children’s Hospital in Westmead. Also in attendance were Liberal candidate for Parramatta Maria Kovacic, then Health Minister Greg Hunt and Liberal senator Anne Ruston. Credit:james brickwood
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Chris Dawson has been found guilty of murdering his wife Lynette Dawson. Chris’s twin brother Paul (Black Mask) and brother Peter Dawson leave Sydney Supreme Court following sentencing on August 30. Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Ben Roberts-Smith leaves Sydney Federal Court on June 9 as he hears a high-profile libel case between the ex-soldier and Victoria Cross winner and three former Fairfax newspapers . Credit:Dylan Kirk
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Brittany Higgins speaks to the media outside the ACT Supreme Court in October.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Australian journalist Frank Kelly (pictured on September 15th), current affairs and political reporter turned entertainment television host, has launched a new Friday night music/chat/tonight show called Frankly. Credit:james brickwood
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A patch of warm weather in late October draws locals to Bondi’s beaches.Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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Australian Indigenous Minister Linda Burney on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory on November 13.Credit:Dominic Lorimer
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Gunggandji Land and Sea Rangers (from left) Victor Bulmer, Roszaly Aitken, Fredrick Lefoe and Chasten Hunter with a dead horse they found deep in the bush on August 22. The horse was taken back to town in the back of their pickup truck. Rangers then found a paralytic tick and removed it. After a debate over the horse’s future, the owner was found out and decided to tend it. A few days later word came back that the horse was up and walking again.Credit:Brooke Mitchell
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Actor Olivia DeJonge won the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Priscilla in Elvis Presley. She was pictured at Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion on Dec. 6.Credit:Dominic Lorimer
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Labor frontbencher Kirstina Keneally is seeking to move from the Senate to the Commons in the federal election, running in Fowler’s seat. On March 12, she danced with members of the Cambodian community at Freedom Square in Cabramatta. She failed to win the seat in May. Credit:steven sievert
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Filmed in London on November 25th, actor Christopher Chung plays Roddy Ho in Slow Horses for Apple TV+. Credit:Sean Taylor
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Abbie Bayliss, her daughter Cienna Cumming and Abbie’s mum Mel hitchhiked on the back of Freshwater local Nick Fraser’s truck through floodwaters on Pittwater Road in North Manly on March 8. Credit:james brickwood
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The Macquarie Marsh, about 150 kilometers north-west of Dubbo, NSW, has a huge colony of ibis including all three species as well as egrets and night herons. One of eastern Australia’s most important wetlands has been shrinking in size and health for decades, but three consecutive La Niña events have brought it back to a thriving natural wonderland. Many waterfowl use the marshes as breeding grounds.Credit:Nick Moore
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Flash floods in Eugowra devastated the town on Monday. As seen on 15 November, the foundations of some houses were washed away.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Seagulls enjoy showers over Malabar in February.Credit:walter peters
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Pendle Hill locals swim in Parramatta Lake on December 5 as temperatures in Sydney’s western suburbs climbed past 30 degrees. Credit:walter peters
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Jake Mangakahia (left) and Elijah Trevit prepare for the Australian Ballet’s production of Obsidian Tear, choreographed by Wayne McGregor, at the Sydney Opera House on November 9.Credit:Jenny Barrett
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On May 18, then Prime Minister Scott Morrison accidentally dropped Luca at a news conference at the Devonport Strikers soccer club in Tasmania. Luca Fauvette was ousted. He would go on to lose the election.Credit:james brickwood
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold bilateral talks at the Mulia Resort in Nusa Dua on the sidelines of the 2022 G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15.Credit:james brickwood
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On August 12th, Amyl and the Sniffers performed at the Enmore Theatre.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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The independent candidate for Wentworth Allegra Spender received a hero’s welcome at the Bondi Bowling Club on Election Day in May.Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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Army medics treat wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a frontline position before they can be evacuated to hospitals in nearby towns at a medical stabilization point in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Nov. 14. Credit:Kate Glady
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From right: Katie Cassidy, Jo Place and Thalia McMurray wear PPE gear at the Lidcombe mortuary on October 5.Credit:steven sievert
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Ukrainian single mother Mariia and her 8-year-old daughter Margo at her sister’s apartment in Bondi. They arrived in Sydney from Mariupol in March when they left with clothes and backpacks on their backs.Credit:Louise Kennelly
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Ballet dancers prepare ahead of a media call for the United Ballet of Ukraine at the Darling Harbor Theater at Sydney’s International Convention Center in October.Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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Contemporary artist Dale Frank at his home near Singleton, NSW, on September 15.Credit:Louis Duvis
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Chef Danielle Alvarez at Freds restaurant in Paddington is on April break. Credit:Louis Duvis
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Gallerist and collector Gene Sherman, who is downsizing her personal art collection, poses with one of the works in May – “China China” (Bust 13) by Ah Yin, estimated at Between $70,000 and $100,000 – when she stood in John Young’s The Threshold Winter – Spring 1996. Credit:steven sievert
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Parade participants are seen ahead of the 44th annual Gay Mardi Gras parade outside the Sydney Cricket Ground on March 5.Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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In November, Tim Dewhurst participated in a 3,000-person nude art installation for photographer Spencer Tunic on Bondi Beach.Credit:walter peters
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Thousands of people attended a nude art installation for photographer Spencer Tunic on Bondi Beach on 26 November.Credit:Flavio Brancarione
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Major flooding at the Broady Logan home along the Namoi River affected northern Gunnedah on 24 October.Credit:Brooke Mitchell
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Jay Langadinos transitioned from female to male after suffering from body dysphoria. She had breast surgery, a hysterectomy and took male hormones. In August, she transformed back into a woman and sued her therapist for professional negligence.Credit:Jenny Barrett
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An aerial view of Saltwater National Park near Old Bar, New South Wales, in October. The area is of spiritual importance to the Biripi people and is managed jointly by Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples with the Saltwater Tribal Council and NPWS.Credit:Jenny Barrett
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Viktor, 73, a resident of the village of Pervomaiske, lived in a basement shelter with his wife and their neighbors in November after Russia attacked their village. Pervomaiske has no electricity, heat and water, a dilemma facing millions of Ukrainians as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. By weaponizing winter, in sub-zero temperatures, there are fears that people across the country may die from hypothermia. Credit:Kate Glady
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Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe speaks in the Senate on the issues she will bring to the Privileges Committee on October federal budget day. Credit:james brickwood
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Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios poses for a photo at the King George V Entertainment Center in The Rocks in June.Credit:steven sievert
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Boxer Darkon Dryden at the Bondi Ring in Waterloo on October 5. Credit:Louise Kennelly
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Oculus – the largest chandelier in the southern hemisphere – seen at Crown Casino Barangaroo on 13 October. Credit:steven sievert
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at his childhood home in Camperdown on August 24. Credit:Louis Duvis
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Scott Morrison speaks at the Children’s Hospital in Westmead, in Sydney’s west, during the 2022 general election in April.Credit:james brickwood
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Sydney Harbor in October is another cloudy and rainy day. Sydney has had its wettest year on record.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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An Australian fur seal swims at the bottom of a cliff below Macquarie Lighthouse in Vaucluse on June 26. Credit:Brooke Mitchell
