Just how we pictured it: magazine art director Manny Marquez selects a sampling of the best photographs to appear on these pages in 2010.

• Position: FEATURE

Mike Belleme examines medicine both modern and ancient in his images of a Mission Hospital trauma team at work in Ashesville (April issue) and a Weaverville acupuncturist's use of heated cups to move body fluids (July).

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Clockwise, from bottom left: Two views from Steve Exum's inside look at Siemen's Charlotte plant (November); Belleme catches some of the characters of the world's largest traditional maker of miso in Rutherfordton (September) with these two; his shot of a zip-lining guide (December) gives perspective to mountain eco-tourism.

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