Belly dancing troupe performs April 2 at Medieval Fair in Norman, Okla. (Doug Hill)
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]reetings. This month’s photo essay is a year-ender.
The collection features a dozen pictures to represent just one snapshot from each month of 2016. There’s no consistent theme to their selection other than they are images that speak to me in one way or another out of the hundreds taken this year.
Many of the shots are of people in motion, marching in a parade, dancing onstage (and off) or, in one case, at a pow wow.
This post’s main image captures women belly dancing with swords.
There’s also a beauty queen and a woman holding an enormous bottle of beer.
Singer/ songwriter Kierston White is shown singing tenderly in dramatic low lighting.
Elsewhere, a bearded young man miraculously pulls off wearing a color-coordinated mid-last century fur pillbox hat and mink stole.
Indeed, 2016 was a rich year for pictures. Here’s to a great 2017 as well.
Participants campaign in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade Jan. 18 in Oklahoma City.
(Doug Hill)
Three generations attended Ashley McCray’s city council candidate fundraising event Feb. 7 in Norman, Okla.
(Doug Hill)
The OU American Indian Student Association hosted a pow wow March 26.
(Doug Hill)
Miss Hispanic OU and friend pose May 1 at Plaza Mayor fiesta in Oklahoma City.
(Doug Hill)
Dancers at Jazz in June festival June 18 in Norman, Okla.
(Doug Hill)
A conga line formed at Summer Breeze festival’s Brave Combo concert July 24 in Norman, Okla.
(Doug Hill)
The Devon Tower dominates the Oklahoma City skyline August 26.
(Doug Hill)
Modern dancers perform at a Norman Arts Council event Sept. 23 in Legacy Park, Norman. (Doug Hill)
McNellie’s Ale House’s Marisa Boyd-Steele with Belgian beer Oct. 13. (Doug Hill)
Kierston White performed Nov. 5 at a house concert in Norman.
(Doug Hill)
A stylish couple attends an art walk night Dec. 9 at Mainsite Gallery in Norman, Okla.
Doug Hill earned a double-major undergraduate degree in English and East Asian Studies from the University of Kansas and a master's in human relations from the University of Oklahoma. He's been a freelance journalist and photographer in central Oklahoma since 1997.
