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{"id":923,"date":"2018-12-30T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/?p=923"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:04:54","slug":"our-best-pictures-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/our-best-pictures-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Our best pictures for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2018 is a landmark year for Athena Pictures as it marks our tenth anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Having looked through thousands of pictures, these are my personal favourites for 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for your support.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_924\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-924\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_311217_nye_revellers_wales_9686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Williams proposes to his girlfriend Beth Marchant to the amusement of friends and passers-by on the zebra crossing in Wind Street, Swansea.\u00a0 01 January 2018<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_925\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-925\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_190218_flour_wars_greece_2034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"741\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flour wars participant throws orange coloured flour during\u00a0Clean Monday (Monday of Lent) celebration of flour wars (Alevromoutzouroma) in Galaxidi, Greece. 19 February 2018 (Picture by John Liakos)<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_926\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-926\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_280318_manic_street_preachers_9120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manic Street Preachers, James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore at their studio in Caerleon, south Wales, UK. 28 March 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_940\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-940\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_120418_man_engine_9934.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The largest mechanical puppet in Britain, the Man Engine at the Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales, UK. 12 April 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_928\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-928\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_050518_pride_parade_swansea_3090.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young people with rainbow coloured umbrellas take part in the Pride parade as it travels through the streets of Swansea, Wales, UK. 05 May 2018<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_929\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-929\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_270518_biggest_weekend_7437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Swift,\u00a0BBC Radio 1 Biggest Weekend at Singleton Park in Swansea, Wales, UK. Sunday 27 May 2018<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_930\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-930\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_010718_corbyn_tredegar_9656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses supporters during the celebration for the 70 years since the National Health Service (NHS) was founded by Aneurin Bevan, Bedwellty Park, Tredegar, Wales, UK. 01 July 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_931\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_270718_blood_moon_greece_0947A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full moon rises, which turned into a blood moon lunar eclipse, over the ancient temple of Poseidon in Sounion, Greece. 27 July 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_932\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-932\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_130818_sunflowers_rhossili_2201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natasha Jenkins enjoys a walk during sunset amongst a field of sunflowers in Rhossili, in the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea, Wales, UK.\u00a0 13 August 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_933\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_170918_lynne_neagle_3872.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynne Neagle, Assembly Member for Wales, at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay, Wales, UK.\u00a0 17 September 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_934\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-934\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_250918_harvest_moon_0920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full moon, known as Harvest Moon is seen rising over the RNLI boathouse in Mumbles Pier, near Swansea, Wales, UK. 25 September 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_935\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-935\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_111118_remembrance_swansea_0529.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flags are down during the Commemoration for the 100 years since the end of the First World War on Remembrance Day at the Swansea Cenotaph in south Wales, UK. 11 November 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_936\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-936\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_181118_winter_wonderland_6923-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moon is seen through a ride of the festive Winter Wonderland in 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones greets his successor Mark Drakeford as he walks out of the Senedd. 11 December 2018<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_939\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-939\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/athn_211218_black_eye_friday_3109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two young women in Santa outfits in what has become known as Black Eye Friday, walk down Wind Street, Swansea, south Wales, UK. 21 December 2018<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 is a landmark year for Athena Pictures as it marks our tenth anniversary. Having looked through thousands of pictures, these are my personal favourites for 2018. Thank you all for your support. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[18],"tags":[5,170,171,172,31,176,177,56,57,178,179,64,70],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athena-pictures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}