Best Photos of 2012 taken by Darren Calabrese

Darren Calabrese | Dec 29, 2012 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Dec 29, 2012 7:01 AM ET
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Darren Calabrese/National Post    Family and friends mourn while laying flowers at the scene of a horrific traffic accident that left 11 dead in Hampstead, Ont. Tuesday, February 7, 2012. 11 people in total were killed, including 10 migrant workers, after a flatbed truck slammed into a passenger van west of Kitchener, Ont., in the province’s worst traffic accident in more than 20 years.

     

National Post’s photographer Darren Calabrese displays a selection of his best photographs for 2012.

Darren Calabrese/National Post   Two women mourn after laying flowers at the scene of a horrific 

traffic accident that left 11 dead in Hampstead, Ont. Tuesday, February 7, 2012. 11 people in total 

were killed, including 10 migrant workers, after a flatbed truck slammed into a passenger van west 

of Kitchener, Ont., in the province’s worst traffic accident in more than 20 years.

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Shannon Longshaw reacts at the scene a shooting in Toronto 

Tuesday morning, July 17, 2012 that left two people dead and 23 others wounded. Longshow, 

who helped organize the party where the shooting occurred, tried to help Shyanne Charles, 14, 

the young girl who was fatally shot. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Stephen, a malnourished nine-week-old infant weighing only 3.7 

pounds and suffering from severe dehydration, is cared for by a nurse from the NGO Watoto after the 

infant's mother passed away from complications after birth in Kampala, Uganda. Although maternal 

mortality rates have dropped by nearly half worldwide since 1990, according to the World Health 

Organization, over 800 mothers die every day from preventable causes related to childbirth - with 

over half of these deaths occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National PostA labourer navigates wooden scaffolding erected for the construction

of a new modern 9-story building in downtown Kampala, Uganda. Africa's economy has slowly been 

on the rise and according to projections by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on average Africa 

will have the world's fastest growing economy of any continent over the next five years. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National PostFish market manager "John John" auctions off freshly caught Nile perch,

tilapia, and mud fish at the Gaba Landing Site on Lake Victoria, Uganda. Over 30,000 tonnes of fish 

are shipped out of country annually, making it Uganda's highest earning non-agricultural export next to 

coffee. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post     A young girl stands between traffic while begging for money as the 

 Moammar Gadaffi mosque stands at the end of Kyagwe Road in downtown Kampala, Uganda. 

According to UNICEF, Uganda has an estimated 10,000 street children, many of whom, are forced 

to migrate from more northern regions as a result of deceased parents, drought, poverty, or food 

 insecurity in the region. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Canadian Cree artist, activist, and author Buffy Sainte-Marie poses 

in Toronto Monday, October 15, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Pop star Adam Lambert poses in Toronto Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    A young girl is lit by the console light of a SUV while watching a 

double bill-showing of "The Amazing Spiderman" and "Men In Black III" at the Port Hope drive-in 

movie theatre in Port Hope, Ont. Friday, July 6, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Elvis tribute artists prepare backstage before competing for the 

championship of the Toronto Elvis Festival in Toronto on Sunday, April 22, 2012. During the 

three-day festival, 48 Elvis tribute artists competed for cash, trophies, and entry into the Ultimate 

Elvis Tribute Artist Contest at Graceland in Memphis, TN.

 

Darren Calabrese/National PostToronto Argonauts' Chad Owens, left, tries to break the tackle of a 

leaping Edmonton Eskimos' Rod Williams during CFL Eastern Conference semi-final action at the 

Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON Sunday, November 11, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post   The Toronto Argonauts' Jeff Keeping, centre, hoists the Grey Cup  

while celebrating with teammates following the Argos' victory over the Calgary Stampeders at the 

100th Grey Cup at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Sunday, November 25, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Female boxer Diana Tulyanabo wraps her hands before training 

at the Richno Boxing Club in the Makerere Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda Saturday, June 30, 

2012. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Diana Tulyanabo, right, wearing a shirt displaying the face of 

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, holds a defensive stance as fellow female boxer Lydia Nantale 

is reflected in a motorcycle's mirror while training at the Richno Boxing Club in the Makerere 

Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda Saturday, June 30, 2012. 

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post  Female boxers Lydia Nantale, left, and Hellen Baleke shadow 

box on used tires while training at the Richno Boxing Club in the Makerere Katanga slum in 

 Kampala, Uganda Saturday, June 30, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post    Female boxer Hellen Baleke, left, spars with coach Innocent Kapalata

 as boxers Lydia Nantale and Diana Tulyanabo wait their turn at the Richno Boxing Club in the

 Makerere Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda Saturday, June 30, 2012.

 

Darren Calabrese/National Post   Female boxer and single mother of four children Maureen 

Nakilyowa poses at the Richno Boxing Club in the Makerere Katanga slum in Kampala, 

Uganda Saturday, June 30, 2012.