Who would be an England fan? These poor sods experienced the highs and lows during their team’s penalty shootout loss in the Euro 2020 final in July.
I was hoping for a big cloud of steam when Allan Familton and his partner Lesley Colsell headed off in his 1910 Stanley steam car, but instead we all got more than we expected when the car briefly stalled, sending down a deluge from the roof.
I’m most definitely not a dog person but how could you not love Frieda the cancer-sniffing German shepherd, who featured in the ODT with her trainer Courtney Moore in November.
Residents of 662 Castle St (from left) Charlotte McFarlane, Ruby Hamilton and Frances Galvin’s spontaneous reaction to the visit of Six60 band members to their former flat next door was a highlight in July.
Wind gusts troubled contractors installing the scrim on the front of the Dunedin Railway Station in October. By tightly framing the shot I was able to suggest a Dali-esque nightmare unfolding.
A spectacular series of projections transformed St Paul’s Cathedral into a gingerbread house during the Midwinter Carnival in June.
Strong side lighting brought out the detail of this bone collage mask with its creator, Dunedin’s man of natural mystery Bruce Mahalski.
Otago Daily Times photographer Gerard O’Brien picks his favourite photographs of the year.
