AARP's Favorite Photos of 2024

Actor Danny Trejo, photographed at Vallarta Supermarket in southern California for the 'AARP The Magazine' feature, “What’s in Your Shopping Cart?” Gregg Segal Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

AARP Photo takes a look at some favorite photographic commissions from 2024, assigned for AARP print and digital publications. Enjoy!

Artist Jayson Fann turns fallen trees into spectacular ‘spirit nests’.

Three members of a local, family-owned Adult Day Healthcare Center (ADHC) participate in early morning arm exercises on May 27, 2024.

Scenes from the storm post-Hurricane Milton in the 55-plus community of Terra Palms in Bradenton, Florida, Oct 12, 2024

Beth Beverly of Diamond Tooth Taxidermy is a taxidermist and an artist. She specializes in wearable mounts, unusual home decor and also does work on pet memorials and companion

aftercare.

Barbara Snyder brushes Ginger Price’s hair before performing with members of the Sun City Poms at Acoya Shea Senior Living in Scottsdale, Arizona. Price’s first time dancing wasn’t until she

was a retiree. “It just makes you feel so good and alive. And of course the dancing is very good for the body and the mind.”

Carlos Luis Olivas III is the primary caregiver for his father Carlos “Charlie” Luis Olivas Jr. (an artist and sculptor) who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's/dementia in 2017. Carlos gives his

father a shave at home in their kitchen in Sacramento, California.

Tony Drewy joined the Terlingua, Texas Volunteer Fire Department shortly after his 50th birthday. As a certified Firefighter I & II with HazMat Awareness & Operations endorsements, he has

begun training new recruits in the Big Bend region along with his other duties as a local volunteer firefighter.

June 21st 2024. Producer: Michael Klein at Circadian Pictures; Set Design: Ward Robinson for Wooden Ladder; Wardrobe Stylist: Jason Rembert; Groomer: Autumn Moultrie at The Wall Group

Actor Samuel L. Jackson photographed for AARP The Magazine in Los Angeles.