Throughout 2012, TIME’s unparalleled photojournalists were there. At a time when so much hangs in the balance, bearing witness can be the most essential act — and that’s what we do. Here’s the best of our commissioned photojournalism from 2012.
Photographer Lauren Fleishman has spent the past year immersed in the world of wheelchair bodybuilding.
Traveling with him through more than ten states this summer, photographer Lauren Fleishman has documented Mitt Romney’s buildup to the Republican National Convention, held next week in Tampa.
As the Romney campaign charged towards many victories on Super Tuesday, photographer Lauren Fleishman documented the candidate from Ohio to Massachusetts.
Three years ago, Lauren Fleishman began photographing couples who have been married for more than 50 years in an attempt to document romantic histories.
There was perhaps no place more fitting to go than the place where it all began. As President Obama wrapped up his remarks, confirming the death of public enemy No.1, Osama bin Laden, a few people started to gather at New York’s Ground Zero. Photographer Lauren Fleishman captured the scene.
Some amnesiacs cannot be cured, but they may be helped by a new camera called the Sensecam. Watch one woman’s life with the technology.
