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Staff photographer David Brendan Hall explains why this is his favorite photo he took in 2018: “This is from Snapshot: Compassionate Cultivation, which focused on the progress of the first patients prescribed legal CBD treatment (for intractable epilepsy) in Central Texas. I was invited into the home of Debbie Tolany and her 14-year-old son Miles – who is also non-verbal and suffers from pain stemming from various other disorders – to capture images during administration of his medicine. Miles began to act out aggressively as his mother tried to sit him down for a photo; this moment of peace and love between them lasted only a couple of seconds, but to me perfectly illustrated the positive potential of embracing this frontier medicinal practice.” (April 11, 2018) -
Calliope Musicals poses for a portrait at Swan Dive during the Red River Cultural District’s Free Week on Jan. 5, 2018. -
Susan Van Haitsma, 60, holds up a “Love Wins” sign during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade at 11th Street and Congress Avenue on Jan. 15, 2018. -
Little Mazarn poses for a SXSW pre-coverage portrait at Antone’s on Feb. 23, 2018. -
Austin’s colony of nearly one and a half million Mexican free-tailed bats – one of the world’s largest colonies of this species – takes flight from beneath the South Congress Bridge to feast on insects along Lady Bird Lake on July 2, 2018. -
Rob Zombie catches some air during his performance at Austin360 Amphitheater on Aug. 17, 2018. -
Molly Burch poses at her Hyde Park home during her Oct. 5 issue cover shoot on Sept. 21, 2018. -
Janelle Monae performs at ACL Live at the Moody Theater during her Austin City Limits TV taping on Oct. 8, 2018. -
Musician Elle King joyously flips the bird during a portrait shoot at the second weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 14, 2018. -
Elton John surveys the audience at San Antonio’s AT&T Center as part of his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour on Dec. 12, 2018.
David Brendan Hall’s Top 10 Photos of 2018
