2016: A year in photos

Robert Prudhoe, Boinga Bob, at his sculpture house in Warburton, pictured in August. 158518 Picture: JESSE GRAHAM

WHETHER an article is about an exhibition, a car crash, football game, fundraiser or an award, a good photo tells the story just as much as the words do.

Throughout 2016, the team at the Mail – editor, Peter Douglas, journalists Kath Gannaway, Jesse Graham, Victoria Stone-Meadows, Jodie Symonds and Derek Schlennstedt and photographers Rob Carew and Greg Carrick – have been putting their cameras through their paces, trying to capture an image or a moment to convey the stories they prepare for the paper each week.

This gallery contains some of the best photos from the year, whether they be candid moments during a game or an emergency, or a portrait in an interesting place, and are just a few of the hundreds of photographs printed in last year’s editions.

Next week’s edition of the Mail will be our annual Year in Review edition, featuring some of the biggest and best stories, photos and front pages from the year.

Grab a copy at newsagencies or at the Mail’s office at 255 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, on Tuesday, 10 January.

Gareth Hart, organiser of a Pop-Up Theatre in Lilydale in October, with stage lighting. 159975 Picture: ROB CAREW
Gareth Hart, organiser of a Pop-Up Theatre in Lilydale in October, with stage lighting. 159975 Picture: ROB CAREW
Melbourne Ballet Company dancers perform part of their show, Arche, at the opening night event for Yarra Ranges Council''s Cultre Tracks in January 2016. 150089 Picture: JESSE GRAHAM
Melbourne Ballet Company dancers perform part of their show, Arche, at the opening night event for Yarra Ranges Council”s Cultre Tracks in January 2016. 150089 Picture: JESSE GRAHAM
Healesville celebrates winning the seniors grand final in September - their first premiership in 28 years. 159815 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Healesville celebrates winning the seniors grand final in September – their first premiership in 28 years. 159815 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Emma Hall with her car called "Keith". 151044 Picture: ROB CAREW
Emma Hall with her car called “Keith”. 151044 Picture: ROB CAREW
Lisa Nicholls on Frisky No More battles for position with Toby Lake on Guadalcanal and Ashlee Beer on Wearethestorm in Race 5 at the Healesville Races in April. 152370 Picture: KATH GANNAWAY
Lisa Nicholls on Frisky No More battles for position with Toby Lake on Guadalcanal and Ashlee Beer on Wearethestorm in Race 5 at the Healesville Races in April. 152370 Picture: KATH GANNAWAY
Exit Theatre''s Kristof Kaczmarek plays an ex-boxer with a fractured memory in Springer, which was performed on 30 July. 157048 Picture: JESSE GRAHAM
Exit Theatre”s Kristof Kaczmarek played an ex-boxer with a fractured memory in Springer, which was performed on 30 July. 157048 Picture: JESSE GRAHAM