The lists are in. Here is the final edit of everone's photography "Best of" lists for 2012. (Thanks to @Stellazine who made sure we didn't miss any!) Happy 2013 to all!
Photojournalismlinks: Top 10 Photos of 2012
NPPA: Top Five Photojournalism Stories of 2012
TIME: 366: The Year in Photographs 2012
The New York Times: 2012: The Year in Pictures
The New York Times: 2012: The Year in Culture
BBC: The year in pictures 2012
CNN: 2012: The year in pictures
The Washington Post: Best of The Post 2012
The Sacramento Bee: Moments Through Our Eyes, The Year In Pictures
TIME: A Year of Photographers in the Picture
BBC: UK Year in Pictures 2012
Al Jazeera - In Pictures: The year in review
The Santa Fe New Mexican photographers look back at their favorite images of 2012
Ad Age's Magazine Covers of the Year
Documenting 2012 Through Instagram
Weather.com: Best Weather Photos of 2012
The Brian Leher Show: The Best of Your 2012 Cell Phone Pictures
Dallas Morning News: Our favorite photos from Getty Images in 2012
PDN's 12 Most Popular News Stories of 2012
Chicago Tribune: 2012 best news photos
2012 best Chicago iPhone photos
Guardian: The best photographs of 2012
TIME: In Memoriam: Photographers Who Died in 2012
NYT Lens: The Images of 2012: Sports
Guardian: Best portraits of 2012 – in pictures
A Photo Editor: The Best Photos I Saw This Year That I Haven’t Already Written About Yet
Spiegel: Photo Gallery: The Best News Photos of 2012
Telegraph: Pictures of the year 2012: UK news
American Photo: 2012's Best Photojournalism
Bloomberg: Bloomberg's Best Photos 2012: A Changing World
Vanity Fair: 2012 in Vanity Fair
Guardian: After 52 weeks of diligent smartphoning, we come to the end of a project to test the limits of iPhoneography and document the year in pictures
LA Times: The year in wire pictures | 2012
NBC News: The Year in Pictures 2012
Twelve from 2012: Portrait Photography in The New Yorker
BagNewsNotes: Best Photos of 2012, and Why: From Syria to the New York Harbor
Reportage by Getty Images: Looking Back at 2012
The Telegraph: 2012: The Year in Pictures
Poynter: Photojournalism in 2012: A year of excellence, ethical challenges and errors
As 2012 draws to a close, BBC invites five photographers to talk about the story behind one of their pictures taken this year:
1. Photographer Robin Hammond on story behind Nigeria picture
2. Associated Press photographer Bernat Armangue speaks about how he obtained this moving picture during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas
3. Reuters photographer Beawiharta explains the story behind a picture of school children crossing a collapsed bridge in Indonesia
4. Owen Humphreys of the Press Association talks about his dramatic photograph of Mo Farah on his way to victory in the 10,000m at the London Olympics
5. Picture power: Living dead of the drug war
Boston.com The Big Picture: 2012 Year in Pictures: Part I
Part 2
Part 3
Boston.com: Best nature pictures of 2012
Associated Press: Top 10 Photos of 2012
Guardian: The best photography of 2012: Sean O'Hagan's choice
From Facebook IPO to Tsunami, Bloomberg Best Photos 2012
TIME Picks 2012′s Best Photographer on the Wires
TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2012
TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2012
TIME’s Best Portraits of 2012
TIME Picks the Top Photographic Magazine Covers of 2012
TIME Picks the Most Surprising Photos of 2012
TIME: 2012: A Year of Deja Vu
TIME: 2012: The Year in Silhouettes
TIME: 2012: A Year of Strange Landscapes
BagNewsNotes: Best Photos of 2012, And Why — #1: In Sandy’s Tracks
Best Photos of 2012 and Why: From Holmes to Newtown
Media Ethics: Top 10 Photo Fails: 2012's Fake & Wrong Photos
Adelaide Now: The most striking photos of 2012
The Phoenix Business Journal's best photos of 2012
Mercy Corps is training women to mediate land conflict in Guatemala: Ten best photos 2012
Windsor Star: Photos: More best images of 2012
Stuff: Best world photos 2012
Business Insider: The Best Photos Of Barack Obama in 2012
The New Yorker: The View from Space: 20 Stellar Photos of Earth in 2012
USA Today: Best News photos 2012
Photos: 2012 Photos of the Year by the Associated Press
BagNewsNotes: Obama, the GOP and a Bookend Pair of “Pics of the Year'
Star-Ledger: 2012: Best N.J. feature photos of the year
2012: Best N.J. news photos of the year
2012: Best weather photos of the year
TotallyCoolPix: Top Pictures Of 2012 Part 1
Part 2
Guardian: Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 – the best pictures
Guardian: A Northern Eye - Chris Thomond's look back on 2012 starts today
Wired’s Favorite Viral Photo Projects of 2012
Sports Illustrated: Pictures of the Year
2012’s Best Entertainment Photography
Vancouver Sun: Top photos from the year shot by Getty Images photographers
around the world
Global News: Best photos from 2012
Business Insider: 42 Unforgettable Photos From The Past Year
Wall Street Journal: Year in Photos 2012
WSJ’s Photos of the Year: Behind the Images
CNN 2012:The Year in Pictures
The Atlantic: In Focus 2012: The Year in Photos, Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
Huffington Post: 40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012
HuffPost photo editors curated a slideshow of serious eye candy from Getty Images and the Associated Press
The Best Photography Blog Posts of 2012
BuzzFeed: The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2012
Reuters: Best photos of the year 2012
The Most Popular Cameras and Settings for Reuters’ 2012 Photos of the Year
Best Pictures of the Year from Agence France Presse
VII photographers present their best images, shot or released in 2012
UK Telegraph: The 50 best images of the London 2012 Olympic Games
UK: Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012
British photographer wins Travel Photographer of the Year 2012 title
Best of 2012 - National Geographic Magazine Photos of the Year
National Geographic: Best Space Pictures of 2012: Editor's Picks
National Geographic: Best Camera-Trap Pictures of 2012
Top 10 Kisses of 2012 [PICS]
fotostrada: Collection of the BEST images of 2012 by the 'fotostrada' collective .
BOOKS
Conscientious: My favourite photobooks in 2012
TIME’s Best of 2012: The Photobooks We Loved
Blake Andrews: Under The Radar: Best Photo Books 2012
Guardian: The best photography books of 2012: an alternative selection
Photobookstore UK My Best Books of 2012
Elizabeth Avedon: 2012 HOLIDAY BOOKS: A Few New Favorites
American Photo: Books of the Year: John MacLean's New Colour Guide
Photo District News: Indie Photo Books of the Year:
Feature Shoot: Top 15 Photo Books of 2012
The Photo Book Club B*@t of 2012
The Daily Beast: Best Coffee Table Books of 2012
phot(0)lia: Photobooks 2012
Shane Lavalette: Ten (Or Twenty) of The Best Photobooks of 2012
John Edwin Mason: Photo Book of the Year, 2013: Gordon Parks' Collected Works
Announcing photo-eye's Best Books 2012
UK Guardian: The Best Photobooks of 2012
Top 10+ photobooks of 2012 by Alec Soth
Mrs. Deane’s years in books: a Listmas tale
Marc Urust: One more list of 2012 books
MISC
Bag News Notes: Best Bag Posts of the Year: Oversight in the Media-Military Marriage
A Curator: 2012: Some of the best from this year's features
Stellazine: The Favorite Photo Shows of 2012
British Journal of Photography: The 50 best photography products of 2012
Carole Evans Photography: Highlights of 2012
Photoshelter: 57 Reasons to Love Photography in 2012
The Future Of Photography: 7 Images From 2012 That Should Make You Excited For 2013 And Beyond
2012 Year on Twitter
Poynter: The best (and worst) media errors and corrections of 2012
Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 5 – Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany
Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 9 – SFMoMA presents Cindy Sherman
Best art shows of 2012, No 7 – Everything Was Moving at the Barbican
Bloomberg: Hot Art: Top 10 Auctions of 2012
2012 list of 19 things they didn't want you to know about photography but are actually true
Related:
The most unforgettable images of the year / Best photographs of 2011
