From defying gravity with Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo on the back lots of Universal Studios, to depicting life aboard a US Navy nuclear submarine in the Atlantic Ocean, to doing a photo shoot in Kardashian matriarch turned business mogul Kris Jenner’s backyard, Vanity Fair’s photographers spent 2024 capturing the biggest stories in news and culture. In the lead-up to November’s presidential election, our photographers were on the ground at the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and on Election Day, they were dispatched to the battleground states of Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Nevada to create images of Americans eager to learn who would be their next president. Later that month, a welcome serving of glamour came in the form of Glen Powell, Zendaya, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Zoe Saldaña, Sydney Sweeney, Josh O’Connor, Danielle Deadwyler, Jonathan Bailey, Lisa, Ncuti Gatwa, and Bill Skarsgård gracing the cover of our 31st annual Hollywood Issue. Regardless of the subject matter, our photographers offered readers an eyeful; a dynamic, thought-provoking look at the world with every frame.
As 2024 comes to a close, revisit the highs and lows of the year through the lenses of photographers including Renell Medrano, Norman Jean Roy, Andre D. Wagner, Emma Summerton, Bruce Gilden, Diana Markosian, and many more below.
Dress and briefs by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello; shoes by Femme LA; bra by Fleur du Mal; suspender by Agent Provocateur; stockings by Falke; ring by Van Cleef & Arpels.Photograph by Nick Riley Bentham; Styled by Ronnie Hart.
Coat and sunglasses by Balenciaga; shirt and pants by Dolce & Gabbana; shoes by Valentino Garavani; hair products by Léa Journo; makeup products by Kylie Cosmetics. Photographed at Jenner’s home in Hidden Hills.Photograph by Norman Jean Roy; Styled by Dena Giannini.
