In Philly there's more confetti on New Year’s Day than on the Eve.
January 2, 2023: Crews sweep up the confetti left on the Convention Center floor between performances of the Fancy Brigade Finale, a part of Philadelphia’s Mummers 2023 parade.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Since 1998, a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:
December 26, 2022: Amanda Nolan (left) and Michelle Lally (with Kelce, as in the Eagles’ center and would-be Mummer Jason Kelce) pose with a cardboard cutout of Jim Gardner during a tailgate party where fans gathered to watch the veteran 6ABC broadcast icon anchor his final 6 p.m. newscast. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
December 19, 2022: The large menorah erected by the American Friends of Lubavitch in Independence Mall casts a wide shadow. The eight days of Hanukkah began at sunset Sunday evening. A menorah was first lighted in front of Independence Hall in 1974 Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
December 12, 2022: Patrons at the Kimmel Center cross on different levels during intermission.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
December 5, 2022: A couple of circles — and an embellished, curly square. Shadowy shapes seen in downtown Haddonfield’s Kings Court.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
November 28, 2022: The sun creates stripes as it shines through a University City parking garage. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
November 21, 2022: There are many electric neon art installations and murals around the city. This is not one of them. These “lights” are reflections of traffic on the (flat) metal facade of a business near SEPTA’s Spring Garden subway station on the Broad Street Line.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
November 14, 2022: The Valley Forge Military Academy and College Regimental Band marching in the eighth annual Philadelphia Veterans Parade on Market Street East last week. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
November 7, 2022: A marble tablet, engraved with the 45 words of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, spans a 100-foot-wide wall on the second floor of the National Constitution Center. The First Amendment protects many activities surrounding voting, but the Founders stopped short of including direct voter protection in the Constitution. The 50-ton marble was previously displayed on the four-story-high façade of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. which closed in 2019. It was installed here earlier this year. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
October 31, 2022: The action pauses on a big-screen TV in the middle of Kings Highway in downtown Haddonfield as fans gather to watch the Phillies play the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the World Series.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
October 24, 2022: The Phanatic arrives in the parking lot at P.J. Whelihan’s in Westmont, N.J. atop the Rally for Red October Tour Bus, the first stop before heading to Center City ahead of the weekend’s NLCS games. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
October 17, 2022: During a VIP preview, a guide holds a flag to lead tours of Virtua Voorhees Hospital/ Penn Medicine’s new $45 million Proton Therapy Center. Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
October 10, 2022: Pastor Jean Bellevue puts out chairs as “savesies” to hold a parking space before a state-wide political candidate arrived for a round-table talk
and evening services at Kingdom Empowerment International Ministries in Mayfair. Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
October 3, 2022: Alex Hiznay and Gabby Rybicki (right) play some one-on-one. Hiznay has been kicking the soccer ball on Independence Mall all summer with friends,
but this is the first time with Rybicki (they’re dating). He likes the location, with lots of nearby watering spots. “It’s great after working up a little
sweat.” They never hold large games there so they don’t disrupt tourists. Plus, he says, the small goal makes it more about ball control “and finesse.”Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
September 26, 2022: The sun sets behind Philadelphia on the Ben Franklin Bridge, entering the time of year photographers look forward to for its long shadows.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
September 19, 2022: Donna Smith pauses on South Street at Broad, just before getting on the SEPTA Route 40 bus. Asked about her outfit, she replied, “It’s called color coordinating.” Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
