<p class="c4">New Year's revelers welcome 2012 with kisses—and mobile devices—in a picture taken in <a class="c13" href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/city-guides/los-angeles-california/">Los Angeles</a>.</p><p class="c4">This photograph was one of the ten best new pictures from January, as chosen by National Geographic's digital media photo editors.</p><p class="c4"><a class="c13" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/pictures/120131-best-pictures-favorite-we-love-concordia-penguin-flood-fire/"><strong>See more from January 2012 &gt;&gt;</strong></a></p><p class="c4"><strong>Why We Love It</strong></p><p class="c4">"I could make a sweeping statement about how this photo is a commentary on the way our relationships with technology supplant meaningful human interaction, but I'm drawn to this image for a far more visceral reason: I'd much rather be one of the people on the left than the guy on the right. And so would you."—<em>Dawn Deeks, associate photo editor</em></p><p class="c4">"Bright and brash, the flash is what makes this image, highlighting youthful, sexy partygoers in contemporary life—simultaneously engaged and disengaged in a crowded room."—<em>Sarah Polger, senior photo editor</em></p><br>