The 10 most popular photo essays of 2017

This year, Toronto Life spent a day with a family of 14, dove into photo archives that reveal what Toronto used to look like, and interviewed a photographer who shot Donald Trump (and enjoyed it!). We talked to artists, curators, chefs, shutterbugs and one crane operator about the stories behind their paintings, sketches, tattoos and pictures. Here, a look back at our most popular photo essays of 2017.

Life

A day in the life of a strangely functional mammoth modern family

When you have 12 kids, it takes superhuman organization, infinite patience and epic weekly grocery runs to make things work

Life

Seven fascinating photos that reveal what it was like to live in Toronto’s suburbs before the 1980s

Our favourite shots from the City of Toronto Archives's Wide Open World exhibition

Culture

A look at the splendid, politically charged pieces at the Aga Khan Museum’s massive new Iranian art exhibition

18 dazzling works from Contemporary Persians: Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet

Life

Ten wedding photos that will make you believe in true love

You will cry. Don't say we didn't warn you

Life

Five incredible portraits of Holocaust survivors living in Toronto

Toronto photographer Hasnain Dattu's stunning images of Jewish Torontonians who survived WWII

Life

This 17-year-old photographer takes striking portraits of Toronto’s homeless

Humanizing pictures from Leah Denbok's book, Nowhere to Call Home

Food & Drink

Twenty Toronto chefs and bartenders explain the stories behind their tattoos

Grant van Gameren, Alexandra Feswick and others dish on their ink in Brilynn Ferguson's portrait series, Industry Ink

Culture

Twelve photos that capture what it’s like to work in a crane 700 feet above Toronto’s streets

Our favourite shots from Tony Cicero's exhibition, Cranes in the City

Culture

A Toronto photographer describes what it was like to shoot Donald Trump (and seven other big-name celebs)

Including Barack Obama, Leonard Cohen, Snoop Dogg and more

Culture

Ten fascinating snapshots of Toronto in the 1970s

Toronto's past through the lens of Viktor Kolár