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Vanity Fair’s Year in Photographs

From defying gravity with Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo on the back lots of Universal Studios, to depicting life aboard a US Navy nuclear submarine in the Atlantic Ocean, to doing a photo shoot in Kardashian matriarch turned business mogul Kris Jenner’s backyard, Vanity Fair’s photographers spent 2024 capturing the biggest stories in news and culture. In the lead-up to November’s presidential election, our photographers were on the ground at the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and on Election Day, they were dispatched to the battleground states of Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nevada to create images of Americans eager to learn who would be their next president. Later that month, a welcome serving of glamour came in the form of Glen Powell, Zendaya, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Zoe Saldaña, Sydney Sweeney, Josh O’Connor, Danielle Deadwyler, Jonathan Bailey, Lisa, Ncuti Gatwa, and Bill Skarsgård gracing the cover of our 31st annual Hollywood Issue. Regardless of the subject matter, our photographers offered readers an eyeful; a dynamic, thought-provoking look at the world with every frame.

As 2024 comes to a close, revisit the highs and lows of the year through the lenses of photographers including Renell Medrano, Norman Jean Roy, Andre D. Wagner, Emma Summerton, Bruce Gilden, Diana Markosian, and many more below.

Dress and briefs by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello; shoes by Femme LA; bra by Fleur du Mal; suspender by Agent Provocateur; stockings by Falke; ring by Van Cleef & Arpels.Photograph by Nick Riley Bentham; Styled by Ronnie Hart.

Coat and sunglasses by Balenciaga; shirt and pants by Dolce & Gabbana; shoes by Valentino Garavani; hair products by Léa Journo; makeup products by Kylie Cosmetics. Photographed at Jenner’s home in Hidden Hills.Photograph by Norman Jean Roy; Styled by Dena Giannini.

Corset by Louis Vuitton; veil by Piers Atkinson; gloves by Carolina Amato.Photograph by Norman Jean Roy; Styled by Deborah Afshani.

Photograph by Chieska Fortune Smith.

Sweatshirt and shorts by Marc Jacobs; tank top by Max Mara; earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels.Photograph by RENELL MEDRANO; styled by STELLA GREENSPAN.

The enigmatic Schorer has always followed his own path. “I was on my own as of 11,” he explains.Photograph by Diana Markosian.

Elizabeth Prelogar always sees the bigger picture, even in the smallest of details.Photograph by Andre D. Wagner.

A group prays at the Republican National Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 18, 2024.PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRUCE GILDEN / MAGNUM PHOTOS.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRUCE GILDEN / MAGNUM PHOTOS.

José Castelo Branco and Betty Grafstein, photographed at their home on New York’s Upper East Side, March 2024.Photograph by Max Lakner.

In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the nuclear submarine Wyoming surfaces for a short time to take aboard a commander, who is scheduled to conduct a spot inspection.Photograph by Philip Montgomery.

Dress by Alaïa; sandals by Giuseppe Zanotti; earrings by Jennifer Fisher; cuff by David Yurman; bracelet by Mateo.Photograph by Adrienne Raquel. STYLED BY NICOLE CHAPOTEAU.

Coat by Tom Ford; boots by Gianvito Rossi; watch by Rolex.Photograph by Matthew Brookes; Styled by Nicola Formichetti.

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