Thanks for starting this blog. It's easily the best photojournalism blog i've seen.
I've passed the link to lots of people and i'm sure a lot of the have become regular visitors.

Keep up the great work! And Happy Festivus for all of us, we put up a great pole this year ;-)

This is my first comment, I found this blog 3 month's ago, and I have enjoyed every single picture you have posted. So thank you for your effort, you are doing a great job. Keep it going :-). And Happy New Year!

Haithm,
Occupied Palestine.

Thank you so much and happy holidya for you, Alan

YOU ARE SUCH BIG PICTURE...

Thanks for all.
Best regards.

Thank you so much for inspiration!

Bravo from France and thank you Alan for this great and amazing job.
I love photography, most of the pictures posted are beautiful, how could you convince all those photographers to join your 'Big Picture' ?
Thanks again, and hopefully see you in 2009.

Thank you for your project! Keep on the good work, and a Merry Christmas.

Thank you a lot, dear Alan and all photographers!

Linksmų šventų Kalėdų ir laimingų Naujųjų metų! (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!)
Sėkmės! (Good luck!)

Lina,
Lithuania

I found your blog late in the year, but am happy I did. It's amazing. Thank you for posting!

merry christmas to you too alan

i ran across this website just browsing the internet at work
now its in my favorites and im always on here checking out
your new pictures

see you in 09 and keep the pictures coming

~all the way from Virginia

It's amazing.Thanks a lot ! Happy New Year 2009 !
- naiksubhash@gmail.com

Big congrats on a great year. TBP is a highlight of the web for me. Keep up the great work after a well-deserved break. Happy Holidays and a Great New Year to you.

Un petit message de remerciement de France !
Merci Alan pour ce blog... J'y vais chaque jours, et chaque fois en esperant de belles photos, les plus belles et les plus profondes du web !

Joyeux noël à tous !
S.

What a wonderful project that has seen the light.
Stunning editorial selections and visually very strong – regardless of the subject.

Wishing you a Joyous Festive Season and a successful 2009.

– All the way from Cape Town - South Africa.

I love this site. It expands my world. Never before did I think that curation itself was an art.
Thank you!

Thanks for this fascinating blog.

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année to you from Markham, Ontario.

Well Done Alan , enjoy your holiday

Los mejores reportajes fotograficos que hay.

Merry Christmas and happy new year Alan

Dani, from Valencia, SPAIN

happy holidays!

thank you for all the wonderful photographs you share with us

Thanks for this blog mi amigo (my friend) I enjoy all the pic's

Thank you for your amazing photos and the grand finale this year was breathtaking. Hoping that 2009 brings all of us beautiful photos of peace and prosperity! May your holiday be "picture perfect"!

Thankyou Very Much

This site has been one of my internet highlights of the year
and was immediately set as my home page when I discovered it

I'm glad you're continuing in the New Year and I look forward to every single future featured photograph, each post fascinates me in a different way and I love viewing the current world/affairs from different angles (lol bad pun)

Enjoy your holidays &
have a Very Merry Christmas

Have a very Merry Christmas, Alan. Thanks for all your hard work. Looking forward to seeing more and more pictures in 2009.

Happy holidays!

Jira
Thailand

LOL Alan! Happy Festivus to you too! I didn't know that people cerebrate Festivus beside Costanza family!

Thanks for all these wonderful photos.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!

See you next year,
TK
Seattle, Washington

Dear big picture,
You really deserve a holiday rest. great pictures.
thanks and best regards.

Many thank for the exciting time which your "big picturs" phtographs give me and my friends.
HAVE A NICE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS SHOSH FROM TEL AVIV

hi, alan, i opened your blog as the first think at the beginning of the day... and i am not going to change it:)
keep up the great work, happy holidays

happy new year!!

china shen zhen

Fortunately, I have a lot of old entries still to browse through, as I discovered this blog only recently. Enjoy your holiday!

Prettige kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar!

Ed
from the Netherlands

Thank you Alan for this great blog and your work to bring all those great pictures to us.
I'm looking forward to see new stuff here in '09 =)

Happy New Year to you.

and the best part, you are not biased :)

Thank you for this fabulous blog.
Muhammad from France.

Thank you so much for your commitment to "exposing" us to these fine photo essays. I anxiously await the next Big Picture.

Craig, from the snowy Washington coast.

Thank you Alan! I appreciate all the work you put into this blog! It enriches my understanding of the world.

(David from California, USA)

great blog thanks! can't wait til you return.

Thank you for this blog & Happy Holidays!

Warm greetings from Moscow, Russia

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Solstice, Happy Festivus - and most of all, Happy New Year to everyone. See you in 2009.

-Alan
-Godt Nytt År
Wiggo
Norway

Merry Christmas!

Nice mutlu yıllara...
Happy new years..
İstanbul/TR

An oasis.

Cheers Alan!!

Looking forward to more, as always! Fantastic idea, great execution! Happy Holidays and thank you very much!

Sretan Božiæ i Nova godine 2009 (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)

Thanks for always great pictures

From Croatia

Êðóòî !

this is the first ever blog that is added into my favorites list. good work .. keep it up

The site is great - it has become one of my daily "must visit" sites. Thanks for your efforts - I look forward to another year of phablous photography! ;)

keep up great works! really appreciate your effort and have recommended many of my photographers mate to view your page and they are so excited to view it !

Gracias por todos esos aportes fotograficos..estoy muy agradecido...espero que sigan haciendolo en el año 2009..bueno les deseo de corazon que tengan un prospero año 2009..y de nuevo muchas graciass

keep it up in 2009 !

Happy new year to you :)

adrian, ROmania

Thanks so much for your amazing work
Happy holidays !
Rendez vous en 2009 !

Thank you for all the incredible photos

Buon Natale, happy 2009, safe holidays, and thanks for all the fish.

Great stuff - Looking forward to your return in the New Year!

Dave
New Zealand

I was shown this site by my son. The quality of the photos blows me away. Surely this must be the best picture site anywhere. Thanks and a very happy New Year !

Thanks, Alan! These images inspire me to be a better photograher.

Since the first time I saw Big Picture posts on Digg, this site has become one of my favorites. Keep up the good work, and I'm looking forward to whats next. Happy New Year!

godspeed alan....keep it real.............

Alan - your selection (and timing) of subjects - combined with your selection of the photos in your topics is outstanding - each series is opened with greater and greater expectations - and as an amateur photographer, the hardest job is knowing what to throw away and what to keep and publish - your skill in deciding what to publish is admired by me, and all the others who contribute (or dont).
Whats great is that some of the photos arent perfect in terms of technique - not quite in focus, some camera shake, but your decision to publish because of the image that is captured is always right. Peter (Auckland, New Zealand)

banal comment #409329865.
har har.
happiest of new years and THX.

This is my favourite website....
Thanks so much and enjoy the holiday

you made my year. if i never discovered this website, i would be missing tons.

Thanks for posting all the beautiful pics this year. Happy holidays and keep up the good work in 2009! Greetings from the Netherlands.

My discovery of the year was this blog...keep up the good work.

From France (Versailles), thank you Alan for your great job. Your blog is now (and from the begining) my first favorite. Long life to 'Big Picture' ! I'm waiting for it in 2009.

Bones festes, nois!

Wonderful pictures that sends wonderful messages to us all.Thank you.
Gott nytt år !!
Anette från Sweden

Congratulations for this wonderful idea !
Clm from France.
Keep up the good work !

Dude, thank you really so much! Have a nice new year full of healthy and joy!

Bravo, bravissimo for this idea bigger than ours screens !
Happy new year with us !
From France, Saint Tropez,
Jean claude

Thank you so much for such a great photo blog.
You show parts of the world and cultures that are unknown to the majority of Americans...

Congratulations Alan on a Job well done. and to all the photographers that contributed to your blog. It's by far the best on the web. Looking forward to Next year.

The Big Picture is way up top on my personal list of cool things that happened on the interwebs in '08, no doubt.

Thank you for your tireless work, your eagle-editing-eye, your thoughtful commentary and above all, your keen sense of storytelling. My gut tells me that The Big Picture just wouldn't be the same without the heart that beats behind the scenes.

Wishing you even more success in the years to come -- you are a truly great example of what talent paired with humility can do for this world.

In short: rock on, Mr. Taylor ... rock on.

It's cliched to say a photo's worth a thousand words, but the photos in this blog really lend a deep perspective to the events of our day that is impossible to grasp from reading newspapers and websites.
So a million trillion thanks for all your work :)

I am absolutely amazed every time I open this link, and I love it so much I posted a link via my MySpace for others to see how wonderful it is. The imagery is stunning and the captions are insightful, keep up the good work Alan and anyone else who has contributed, good luck in 2009!

Now is not the time for a vacation.

People need to see what is happening in the Gaza Strip.

Hi Alan
So long and thanks for all those pictures.
Hoping to see more picture posts and your companion blog as well in 2009!
Cheers!

I'm discover early "The Big Picturte" - amazing fact...

Wish you all a very very happy new year and vacation.

Well earned vacation

Your blog has kept me away from working for many hours during this year, but in a good way. I will continue to check out eveything you post. You definitely deserve this holiday, but I am suffering from withdrawal....Is ist January 2 yet??
All the best to you from Canada. God bless.

I love your blog, among the best online, looking forward for your return soon, Joyeuses Fêtes chez vous!

Happy holidays for everyone...
It's a great site, can't wait to see what's ahead.
keep up the good work
Jonathan , Israel

Felicitaciones, un excelente blog y gracias por el esfuerzo.
Saludos desde Lima, Perú.

Greetings from Croatia, and Happy New Year!!
Tnx for fantastics photos... keep up the good work in 2009 :))

Ana, Croatia

Happy New Year from Panamá

tanks the fantastic picture. and Bonne Année!!

I found this site a month or 2 ago and it has become one of my top favourites.... I check in almost daily and LOVE it. Thanks for all the effort you put in, it is much appreciated Alan.
Happy 2009 from Ireland

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SHARING. ENJOYING EACH MOMENT AND TERRIFIC JOB OF PHOTOGRAPY. PEACE, GOD BLESS.

Wonderful!
Thank you for all the incredible photos

Thank you Allan for showing us fascinating touchy images in "The year 2008 in photograph" of what is really going on in the world , I highlighted your link in a spanish translation of the topics, on our Art &Culture section a reputed venezuelan online publication
http://www.analitica.com/va/arte/dossier/2314715.asp
Keep on well searching images that expresses more than 1000 words.

You are doing some excellent work !!

All the best and a have a great year ahead

Greetings from Sofia, Bulgaria :)
Never late to say 'Thank you', right? For the opportunity to look every now and then thru your 'window to the big picture'. Love it.

Happy New Year and hope to view from you soon :)

Happy New Year To You Alan .
Keep Rocking ....

Happy 2009 from Hungary. :)
Excellent pictures! I will be waiting new photos in 2009. See u soon.

Happy new year from Switzerland !
I recently found out about the blog and immediatly subscribed to the RSS. The Hubble advent calendar was just great. Happy posting !

Thank you for a great year of photos. Keep up the GOOD work!

Eric Ho (Malaysia)

THIS IS UNBELIVEABLE PICS U DOING GOOD JOB GOD BLESS YOU.
LAHORIA ( CANADA)

Alan ,

You are doing an execellent stuff ... ! As it is known ..pictures , symbols are self explanatory ...these excellent click of yours makes me well informed about the events happening all round the world ..and the pictures are so descriptive , as if I am personally attending those events ..

Thank You ,

Do continue the good Work ..

Regards,

Ameet Kumar ..!

un uuuuuuuuuuuffff, es demasiada poca cosa para expresar lo maravilloso que es la fotografìa!

SUPER Super Photos Are BEAUTIFUL NormNorthEatern ConnU.S.A.