SeattlePI's 2018 Photos of the Year

From the Storm's national title to SubPop30 and beyond.

By Genna Martin, SeattlePI

Dec 13, 2018|Updated Dec 15, 2018 4:14 p.m.

The annual Point83 cyclist club Christmas tree burn, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 at Golden Gardens Beach Park. Participants bring their trees to the inferno, most via bicycle. The bonfire has become an annual tradition over the past decade.SEATTLEPI.COM

Principle dancers Seth Orza, as Prince Siegfried, and Noelani Pantastico, as Odette/Odile, perform with the Pacific Northwest Ballet company during a final dress rehearsal of Swan Lake, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, on the eve of opening night. The show is choreographed by PNB's Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell, includes scenery designed by Ming Cho Lee and bold costumes designed by Hamilton costume designer Paul Tazewell. The show will run for nine performances from February 2 through 11.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

Silvia Gonzalez, of Casa Latina, holds her four-year-old granddaughter as she speaks to a crowd of several thousand demonstrators gathered outside the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac to protest the separation of families crossing the southern border and the Trump administration's immigration policies as part of a nationwide Families Belong Together day of action, June 30, 2018.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

Students hold signs and rally along Rainier Avenue S during an anti-gun violence demonstration at Franklin High School, June 8, 2018. The event rallied around the slogan "Keep South Seattle Safe" and included a ceremony honoring Franklin student Ryan Dela Cruz, who was shot and killed last weekend while hanging out with friends at a park. He was two weeks away from graduating.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

Several dozen people gathered at Westlake Park at noon, Thursday, to show their support for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as she testifies in a Senate hearing today about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Sept. 27, 2018. Many of the people gathered had experience sexual assault themselves and shared their stories. The event ended with a minute of silence in honor of victims of sexual violence.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

Peter Smalley holds a sign reading "You are not alone" in both English and Spanish as he and several hundred protesters and elected officials including Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle), gather at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac where 174 women are being held, most of whom fled Central America to seek political asylum in the U.S., June 9, 2018. According to Jayapal, who met with the women Saturday, many said their children were taken from them after they crossed the border into Texas. The protest included speeches, sign making, letter writing, and music.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

Sophia Barbagelapa, 7, floats a paper lantern in the water as people gather Monday at Green Lake to honor victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and other wars. Thousands gathered on a dock and the shore of Green Lake on the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. use of the atomic bomb to launch floating lanterns. The date has been marked with a ceremony at Green Lake since 1984. Photographed on Aug. 6, 2018.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

The Pacific Northwest Ballet company and orchestra perform a final dress rehearsal of Swan Lake, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, on the eve of opening night. The show is choreographed by PNB's Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell, includes scenery designed by Ming Cho Lee and bold costumes designed by Hamilton costume designer Paul Tazewell. The show will run for nine performances from February 2 through 11.GENNA MARTIN/SEATTLEPI.COM

As the SeattlePI wraps of our coverage of 2018, staff photographer Genna Martin put together a gallery of her best work from the year.

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The past 12 months have had their ups and downs, and Martin covered everything from colorful cultural events to a multitude of protests against the Trump administration. This year we saw our WNBA team take home a third national championship title, a homecoming concert from Pearl Jam which raised millions to fight local homelessness, political conflicts over head taxes and the impending new juvenile detention center, the death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and a celebration of Sub Pop Record's 30th birthday on Alki Beach.

Check out the gallery to see a visual record of 2018 Seattle.

By Genna Martin

Genna is a photographer for seattlepi.com.