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} .unstranlated a { color: red; } </style> </head> <body class="wordpress home"> <a name="top"></a> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="top_nav"> <ul> <li class="first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/"><b>Flickr Home Page</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/explore/">Explore</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://flickr.com/tour/">Take the Tour</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://flickr.com/signup/">Sign Up</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="banner"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en" accesskey="1"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://flickrtheblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/flickblog_logo.gif" height="40" width="106" alt="FlickrBlog" border="0"/></a> </div> <div id="container"> <div id="content" class="hfeed"> <div id="post-33134" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-10">February 10, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/8-years-8-members-8-stories-ranjit/" title="Permalink to 8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories: ranjit" rel="bookmark">8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories: ranjit</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><em>For our eighth anniversary series "8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories" we contacted Flickr members who joined Flickr in February 2004. We asked them what the best thing that’s happened to them since they became a Flickr member, what it is that they love about Flickr, and what their eight favorite photos from other Flickr members are. We will publish the eight installments throughout the day.</em></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spatialk/3170262472/" title="ranjit by SpatialK, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1330/3170262472_c01a39ab90_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="ranjit" border="0" style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;"/></a><span style="font-size:3em;float:left;line-height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;">O</span>ur third story was told us by, <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034355227@N01/">Ranjit Bhatnagar</a></strong> (a.k.a. ranjit), from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/places/CldNEG9QUL_lkqUcYA">Brooklyn, New York</a>. He tells us that he has met some great friends through Flickr, and even had the chance to go travelling with them to amazing places. Flickr is also the place where his pet dog gets all the international adoration it deserves. Lastly, Ranjit is a great fan of Video on Flickr: "I don’t know much about video, but I am learning, and the 90 second limit to Video on Flickr keeps me (and everyone else) from getting too long and boring."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/4032052269/" title="mama & baby snow monkey by ranjit, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2446/4032052269_2cb5582cd7.jpg" width="265" height="350" alt="mama & baby snow monkey" border="0"/></a>   <span class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/3643218972/" title="Untitled by ranjit, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3315/3643218972_21a717a391_z.jpg" width="350" height="350" alt="" border="0"/></a></span></p> <p class="sixforty"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="480" data="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=1.161" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="photo_id=2592082432&photo_secret=0&flickr_show_info_box=true"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=1.161"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319oe_/http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=1.161" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="photo_id=2592082432&photo_secret=0&flickr_show_info_box=true" wmode="opaque" height="480" width="640"></embed></object></p> <p class="sixforty">One other very positive experience Ranjit had with Flickr is that it got him a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/sets/72157594294208521/">big show in a major NYC subway station</a> a few years back (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2006/10/14/a-heartwarming-flickr-story-of-staggering-luck/"> read more about it here</a>). He also used Flickr to coordinate his <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/exhibitions/unstill-life">latest show with the curator at the Brooklyn Public Library</a>. And those nice 90-second-or-less videos are perfect for documenting <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/sets/72157629137814083/">his sound/art projects</a>.</p> <p class="sixforty"><strong>Here are Ranjit’s eight Flickr faves:</strong></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/myszka/21595082/" title="Kung Fu Fighting by La Mariposa, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/15/21595082_642f95565d_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="435" alt="Kung Fu Fighting" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"LOOK AT THOSE TEETH!!!"</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spatialk/6642571851/" title="Luke Murphy and Leslie Kraus by SpatialK, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6642571851_1928fbe6c7_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="Luke Murphy and Leslie Kraus" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"I have no idea how to take pictures of moving people, but spatialk really does!"</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spatialk/5334595303/" title="who loves the snow? by SpatialK, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5085/5334595303_c2aed016b4_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="who loves the snow?" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Oops, there’s another picture of my dog."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kicey/5955862470/" title="lupin airing by helveticaneue, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6015/5955862470_7e4b3bdbf9_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="lupin airing" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"The slight overexposure makes this especially comforting for some reason."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/diastema/4142675048/" title="Untitled by diastema, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2501/4142675048_e3044497ba_z.jpg" width="428" height="640" alt="" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"diastema made all these crazy tiny scenes that were part of the inspiration for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/groups/playwithyourfood/">play with your food group</a>."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/horticultural_art/5953059230/" title="46554 Hemerocallis by horticultural art, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6138/5953059230_a6a5878c1c_z.jpg" width="639" height="640" alt="46554 Hemerocallis" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"horticultural_art does amazing things with plant bits and scanners."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tathei/194256211/" title="age challenge by * tathei *, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/61/194256211_db4f37060b_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="age challenge" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Just amazing."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035796522@N01/1659163/" title="folders by Fifi LePew, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/2/1659163_75b9d8b4ff_z.jpg?zz=1" width="591" height="640" alt="folders" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Thin colored stripes are kind of hypnotic."</p> <p> </p> <p class="sixforty"><em>Thank you Ranjit for sharing your story with us! The next episode will be coming up in a bit.</em></p> <p class="sixforty">Photos from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spatialk/">SpatialK</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/">ranjit</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/myszka/">La Mariposa</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kicey/">helveticaneue</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/diastema/">diastema</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/horticultural_art/">horticultural art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035796522@N01/">Fifi LePew</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tathei/">* tathei *</a>.</p> <div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/8-years-8-members-8-stories-ranjit/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-33129" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-10">February 10, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/8-years-8-members-8-stories-bryanboyer/" title="Permalink to 8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories: bryanboyer" rel="bookmark">8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories: bryanboyer</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><em>For our eighth anniversary series "8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories" we contacted Flickr members who joined Flickr in February 2004. We asked them what the best thing that’s happened to them since they became a Flickr member, what it is that they love about Flickr, and what their eight favorite photos from other Flickr members are. We will publish the eight installments throughout the day.</em></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spenceke/4096515892/" title="BRB by Katie Spence, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2598/4096515892_f03f03c967_t.jpg" width="100" height="97" alt="BRB" border="0" style="float:left;margin:0 7px 7px 0;"/></a><span style="font-size:3em;float:left;line-height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;">M</span>eet our second story contributor, <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryan/">Bryan Boyer</a></strong> (a.k.a. bryanboyer), who spends most of his time in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/places/Finland/Southern+Finland/Helsinki">Helsinki</a>. For Bryan, contacts and exploring new ideas are what matters most on Flickr. Connections to new friends, new ideas, new communities, new foods and new places.</p> <p class="sixforty">Bryan tells us that the best thing about Flickr has always been the high quality photography paired with member’s willingness to not only upload, but also generously share details behind the photographs by tagging, adding descriptions and responding to comments.</p> <p class="sixforty"> <strong>"I started using the site because it was the best place online to share images and learn from others.<br/>Eight years on and this still holds true."</strong></p> <p class="sixforty">As a student and later as a practicing designer, Flickr provided Bryan with a creative community to explore ideas. He recognizes the inspiration that comes from the steady stream of fresh uploads to the site, but for him, the most meaningful aspect of the site is when there’s a conversation. In particular, the design community seems to especially love the notes feature. Few other sites enable a visual conversation so effectively and with such precision.</p> <p class="sixforty">Here are Bryan’s eight favorites:</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gac/2266235/" title="villa-mairea-3 by gac, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/1/2266235_8131943618_z.jpg?zz=1" width="627" height="640" alt="villa-mairea-3" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"I like this photo because it reminds me of a nice time years ago, but makes an unexpected connection to the present day. This was taken by my friend Gregory while we were visiting the Villa Mairea, a house by the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. I had always loved the project and it was a joy to see in person, at the peak of summer, when the forest was exploding with life. Little did I know that years later I would find myself living in Finland."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/parkwill/1267863864/" title="farnsworth house by park.will, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1107/1267863864_4e03f1a048_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="425" alt="farnsworth house" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"One of the things I love about the community of architects that I am friends with on Flickr is that I occasionally get a glimpse into the secret life of icons, like the Farnsworth House pictured here, as they are really lived in. Not just the glossy, perfect pictures that you see on postcards and in history books."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wannesdeprez/3594457729/" title="Untitled by Wannes Deprez / Ony One, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2482/3594457729_51bbddf3cc_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Existing architectural icons are one thing, but what I enjoy even more is using Flickr as a way to see the next round of interesting projects from architects around the world. This photo by the talented Belgian architects Ony One is a favorite because it shows the messy side of making buildings. Sometimes it involves crawling head first into unexpected places. After following Ony One’s work for about six years on Flickr we finally met up when I was in Brussels on business last year."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ritchieyao/125694211/" title="the filter project by samba., on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/125694211_83e7876e7a_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="279" alt="the filter project" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"As a graduate student I felt a strong connection to other students in schools near and far who were also posting their work online. This sketch by a good friend of mine is particularly meaningful because it marks an inflection point in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ritchieyao/">Samba.</a>‘s design work. From this point on things were different. Maybe the 16 favorites helped encourage Samba. to go off the deep end into fantastical architecture?"</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ritchieyao/6427420803/" title="Untitled by samba., on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6427420803_8d31ee05a9_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Recently Samba. and I had the pleasure to meet Sevensixfive in person. We had both followed Sevensixfive’s work since he was in graduate school at the same time as us. This is the proof… posted to Flickr, of course!"</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spenceke/1233563317/" title="She cooks too! by Katie Spence, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1374/1233563317_81e89bcebc_z.jpg" width="429" height="640" alt="She cooks too!" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Besides this community of nerdy architects, the other thing I use Flickr for is to keep up with the lives of my friends who live far and wide. This self portrait of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spenceke/">Spenceke</a> is one of my favorites because she’s wearing an Optimus Prime helmet. And cooking. Protect humanity and cook dinner? Those Autobots sure do know how to be nice."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/reebob/4480264890/" title="manicure by reebob, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4025/4480264890_1b5bde1474_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="manicure" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"Ivo, the darling son of close friends Rena and Derek, always makes me laugh. Moments of simple humor like this are one small way I enjoy keeping pace with the lives of my friends in other cities, on other continents."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo/6537466573/" title="17 December, 15.46 by Ti.mo, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6537466573_3ba77024af_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="17 December, 15.46" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">"I don’t know how he does it, but <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo/">Ti.mo</a> can take a picture of two people opening the door and stuff it with anticipation and meaning. While I particularly like this image of Ti.mo’s, you could just as easily select one of the other 31,000 (!) in his photostream and you are equally likely to find a slice of the mundane suspended in a precise, crisp light."</p> <p class="sixforty"><em>Thank you Bryan for sharing your story with us! The next episode will be coming up in a bit.</em></p> <p class="sixforty">Photos from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/spenceke/">Katie Spence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gac/">gac</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/parkwill/">park.will</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wannesdeprez/">Wannes Deprez / Ony One</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ritchieyao/">samba.</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/reebob/">reebob</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo/">Ti.mo</a>.</p> <div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/8-years-8-members-8-stories-bryanboyer/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-33123" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-10">February 10, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/8-years-8-members-8-stories-mathowie/" title="Permalink to 8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories: mathowie" rel="bookmark">8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories: mathowie</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><em>For our eighth anniversary series "8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories" we contacted Flickr members who joined Flickr in February 2004. We asked them what the best thing that’s happened to them since they became a Flickr member, what it is that they love about Flickr, and what their eight favorite photos from other Flickr members are. We will publish the eight installments throughout the day.</em></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathowie/4374461220/" title="Yes, this is my Put This On jumpsuit von mathowie bei Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4013/4374461220_bd49022233_t.jpg" width="75" height="100" alt="Yes, this is my Put This On jumpsuit" border="0" style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;"/></a><span style="font-size:3em;float:left;line-height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;">M</span>eet our first story contributor, <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathowie/">Matt Haughey</a></strong> (a.k.a. mathowie), from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/places/United+States/Oregon/Portland">Portland</a>, who tells us that Flickr has greatly enriched his life in all sorts of ways since he signed up on the day the site launched. Matt says that Flickr has definitely made him a better photographer by letting him easily find and follow photographers whose work he admires. What he especially likes is that they’ll often answer technical questions and give details on how they got the shot.</p> <p class="sixforty">When his wife became pregnant in 2004, they announced it to friends via a friends/family only Flickr photo of the ultrasound, when online photo sharing was still a relatively new concept.</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathowie/5313729/" title="Baby head! von mathowie bei Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/5/5313729_01b881f753_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="480" alt="Baby head!" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Months later Matt kept his friends, family, and the entire Internet up to date on the birth by posting a photo taken with his mobile phone to Flickr every few hours, and to this day Matt loves getting comments and favorites from friends on every new photo of his family.</p> <p class="sixforty">Matt reveals that there are two pages that he hits every day, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/friends/">Photos From My Contacts</a> and then <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/activity/">Recent Activity</a>. His favorite Flickr feature by far is the “Recent Activity” page, as it lets him know when people comment on old uploads, favorite his photographs and gives him insights into what people like about his photos. Matt even mimicked this type of interaction for his own <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.metafilter.com/">MetaFilter community</a> since he liked it so much. </p> <p class="sixforty"> </p> <p class="sixforty"><strong>"Some of my photos have gotten way more views than I ever thought possible."</strong></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathowie/8761504/" title="Ask Flickr: how do I change this light bulb? von mathowie bei Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/7/8761504_e6341bff90_t.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="Ask Flickr: how do I change this light bulb?" border="0" style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;"/></a>One of them is this photo that was taken in 2005 when Matt moved into a new house. A light fixture perplexed him, and friends helped him figure out how to change the light bulb. Obviously, many other people were puzzled as well, as seven years later, Matt still gets comments every couple of weeks from people thanking him for posting it because they have the same light fixture and were stumped in the same way he was.</p> <p class="sixforty"> </p> <p class="sixforty">"I’m a serious user of favorites on Flickr, and I use them to mark photos I love, photos I’m amazed by, photos I find funny, and things I want to save for later. I’ve racked up over 3,200 favorites over the past eight years and when I dove into them looking for my most favorite favorites, I was amazed to find most of the impressive photos came from close friends that aren’t professional photographers per se."</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/4977783565/" title="James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem by Matt Biddulph, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/4977783565_498509afa1_m.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveb/4921806684/" title="Oceanna Pier by Steve1949, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4142/4921806684_8e99c6e055_m.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Oceanna Pier" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdunk/3111503487/" title="Untitled by KDUNK, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3168/3111503487_56e26611cc_m.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelsonminar/316637490/" title="Sutro Tower 6142 by Nelson Minar, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/102/316637490_5af88be039_m.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Sutro Tower 6142" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rion/5071308518/" title="Untitled by rion, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4150/5071308518_3a82eede22_m.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/veen/2521433037/" title="Mount Hood by veen, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3068/2521433037_7f3a8ddb42_m.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Mount Hood" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/alaina/9188447/" title="Racetrack Playa by Alaina B., on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/6/9188447_741643a815_m.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Racetrack Playa" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjcharlet/524399238/" title="Children of the Corn. by G. J. Charlet III, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/242/524399238_e814c92d16_m.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Children of the Corn." border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Matt says he typically favorites any random person’s amazing shot he likes. He has hundreds of faves that he found on Explore, but going through his favorites for this article, he was surprised to find that many of the amazing shots were done by close personal friends.</p> <p class="sixforty"><em>Thank you Matt for sharing your story with us! We will be back with the next story soon.</em></p> <p class="sixforty">Photos from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathowie/">mathowie</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/">Matt Biddulph</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveb/">Steve1949</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdunk/">KDUNK</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelsonminar/">Nelson Minar</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rion/">rion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/veen/">veen</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/alaina/">Alaina B.</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjcharlet/">G. J. Charlet III</a>.</p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/8-years-8-members-8-stories-mathowie/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-33116" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-10">February 10, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/an-amazing-8-years/" title="Permalink to An Amazing 8 Years" rel="bookmark">An Amazing 8 Years</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> Also available in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/de/2012/02/10/fantastische-8-jahre/" title="Permalink to Fantastische 8 Jahre">Deutsch</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/it/2012/02/10/8-anni-incredibili/" title="Permalink to 8 anni incredibili!">Italiano</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/fr/2012/02/10/8-annees-formidables/" title="Permalink to 8 années formidables !">Français</a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/squirrelmonkey/6813827435/" title=""Do you want to taste the rainbow?" by squirrelmonkey, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6813827435_56715a37a1_z.jpg" width="640" height="626" alt=""Do you want to taste the rainbow?"" border="0"/></a></p> <blockquote style="width:617px;"><em>“Yay! The gates are open and welcome Flickr testers. We are now in what is considered our preview release 1 of public beta. We’ll be fixing bugs, monitoring scaling issues on the back end, and adding a few features before going into preview release 2. Then we’ll go into preview release 3 and then when that’s good to go the beta period will be officially over.”</em></blockquote> <p class="sixforty">This was the entry in the Flickr changelog on February 10<sup>th</sup>, 2004, the day when Flickr was released to the public at the O’Reilly Emerging Tech conference.</p> <p class="sixforty">Eight years later to the day, Flickr has grown to be the best photo sharing community with millions of members and billions of photos from all around the world. We are excited to commemorate Flickr’s 8<sup>th</sup> birthday with all of you!</p> <p class="sixforty">As much as we don’t want to get all ‘Oscar acceptance speech’ on you… we also want to thank YOU, because Flickr wouldn’t be possible without your amazing photography, your generosity in sharing your lives with us and your zest for being part of this awesome community. We’re quite smitten with you guys.</p> <p class="sixforty">To celebrate the occasion, we are going to feature 8 members who have joined Flickr in February 2004 and have been around since the beginning.</p> <p class="sixforty"><em>Stay tuned, we will start with the first episode of “8 Years, 8 Members, 8 Stories” shortly…</em></p> <p class="sixforty">Photo from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/squirrelmonkey/">squirrelmonkey</a></p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/10/an-amazing-8-years/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-33013" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-09">February 9, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/09/time-flies-celebrating-4-years-of-the-commons-on-flickr/" title="Permalink to Time Flies! Celebrating 4 Years of The Commons on Flickr" rel="bookmark">Time Flies! Celebrating 4 Years of The Commons on Flickr</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/6597392833/" title="Maree Austin, US star John Hubbard and cast of "Mary had a little" celebrate a birthday, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, 1951 / Harry Jay by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6597392833_bd1208a3ae_z.jpg" width="640" height="517" alt="Maree Austin, US star John Hubbard and cast of "Mary had a little" celebrate a birthday, Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, 1951 / Harry Jay" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Back in early 2008, some clever folks at the U.S. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/">Library of Congress</a> and Flickr collaborated to create a pilot project with two key goals: To increase exposure to the hidden treasures held in the world’s public photography archives, and to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.</p> <p class="sixforty">To achieve these goals, a special rights statement — ‘<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage">No known copyright restrictions</a>’ — was created to provide a copyright framework allowing institutions to add their photos to Flickr and define how the public could use their work through their own rights statement.</p> <p class="sixforty">That project became known as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/commons"><strong>The Commons on Flickr</strong></a>.</p> <p class="sixforty">The Commons started with 1,500 photos from a single institution and has grown steadily to 56 institutions in 12 countries exhibiting over 200,000 photos. And over the last four years we have seen a ton of engagement from the Flickr community with over 130,000 comments and nearly 7 million favorites on these images.</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2963124894/" title="Musical stars Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard's wedding, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 16 September 1935 / photograph by Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3251/2963124894_5c77e79f96_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Musical stars Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard's wedding, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, 16 September 1935 / photograph by Sam Hood" border="0"/></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/4367289478/" title="Billy and Graham Green from the Salvation Army Camp practise a little deceit, Collaroy Beach, ca. 1940 / photographer unknown by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4020/4367289478_8f343a0e9f_s.jpg" alt="Billy and Graham Green from the Salvation Army Camp practise a little deceit, Collaroy Beach, ca. 1940 / photographer unknown" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/3236806056/" title="Artis struisvogel leest krant van oppasser / Ostrich reads newspaper of caretaker by Nationaal Archief, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3340/3236806056_a0d1236ef3_s.jpg" alt="Artis struisvogel leest krant van oppasser / Ostrich reads newspaper of caretaker" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/3018264995/" title="Eerste Wereldoorlog, zeeoorlog by Nationaal Archief, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3029/3018264995_076bd31a81_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Eerste Wereldoorlog, zeeoorlog" border="0"/></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6805836927/" title="Celtic Tiger? by National Library of Ireland on The Commons, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6805836927_2e6d67776e_s.jpg" alt="Celtic Tiger?" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/3122873035/" title="McCall Homemaking Cover, Jinx Falkenberg in Calif. by George Eastman House, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3288/3122873035_ca8759090b_s.jpg" alt="McCall Homemaking Cover, Jinx Falkenberg in Calif." width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2575987184/" title="Portrait of Albert Einstein and Others (1879-1955), Physicist by Smithsonian Institution, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3106/2575987184_d0b3b5635b_s.jpg" alt="Portrait of Albert Einstein and Others (1879-1955), Physicist" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/5685080484/" title="04-01983 Ryan X-13 Vertijet c. 1955 by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5070/5685080484_1cdb55edfe_s.jpg" alt="04-01983 Ryan X-13 Vertijet c. 1955" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/4940913342/" title="Friendship 7 by NASA on The Commons, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4142/4940913342_cae39bd661_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Friendship 7" border="0"/></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3679494978/" title="Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley at the White House by The U.S. National Archives, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3651/3679494978_d3eacd3f17_s.jpg" alt="Richard M. Nixon and Elvis Presley at the White House" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a><span class="sixforty">  </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/3334095096/" title="Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California by George Eastman House, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3334/3334095096_ffdce92fc4_s.jpg" alt="Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2488968515/" title="Egypt: Thebes by Brooklyn Museum, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2081/2488968515_31fb811f82_s.jpg" alt="Egypt: Thebes" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/5553386622/" title="Photograph of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Posing on the Big Bird Nest Set with Big Bird... by The U.S. National Archives, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5136/5553386622_098b4457d3_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Photograph of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Posing on the Big Bird Nest Set with Big Bird..." border="0"/></a><span class="sixforty">  </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/4479640412/" title="Lyndon Johnson Watches the Apollo 11 Liftoff by NASA on The Commons, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4032/4479640412_65f6c65514_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Lyndon Johnson Watches the Apollo 11 Liftoff" border="0"/></a> <span class="sixforty"> </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2960116125/" title="Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley by State Library of New South Wales collection, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3178/2960116125_28d15fdf39_s.jpg" alt="Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley" width="75" height="75" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/6484212955/" title="Wally Schirra Collection Photo by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6484212955_0536708c66_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Wally Schirra Collection Photo" border="0"/></a></p> <br/> <p class="sixforty"><strong>What we’ve learnt since launch</strong></p> <p class="sixforty">Right from the start, it was clear that these rich archives had the power to bring people together to make light work of viewing and interpreting photographs. It was also clear that institutions sharing their interesting photography archives combined with a passionate community were the right ingredients to make something very special happen, bringing together personal stories and collective wisdom.</p> <p class="sixforty">Using the collaborative tools on Flickr, such as comments, tags and notes has helped institutions and members communicate and contribute details around the archival photography.</p> <blockquote><em>“We loved how viewers took advantage of Flickr’s visually-oriented note tool to point out particular details of the photographs, and we marveled at the ways in which commenters offered connections to related images and resources that helped explain the pictures.”</em>- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2012/01/a-happy-anniversary-four-years-of-sharing-on-flickr/">Barbara Orbach Natanson from the Library of Congress</a>. </blockquote> <p class="sixforty">There have been instances where Flickr members contributed context and story-telling around a photo which was then verified by the institutions and even added to the official records of that photo.</p> <p class="sixforty">From The Library of Congress’s set <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157623063035332/">Mystery Pictures – Solved!</a> members were able to identify the mystery location of the photo and provide modern-day photos of that very location.</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4210443269/#comment72157623090438204"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://flickrtheblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/2012-01-commons1.gif" alt="Quote from The Library of Congress" width="584" height="89" border="0" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-33030" title="Library of Congress Comment"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4210443269/" title="[Palais de la Préfecture, Nice, France (Riviera)] (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4210443269_fa5bb89001.jpg" alt="[Palais de la Préfecture, Nice, France (Riviera)] (LOC)" width="315" height="236" border="0"></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/4217751529/" title="800px-Saleya6 (photo Nataraja on Wikimedia Commons) by cercamon, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2655/4217751529_ca3e6382ec.jpg" alt="800px-Saleya6 (photo Nataraja on Wikimedia Commons)" width="315" height="236" border="0"></a></p> <p class="sixforty">With examples from many other institutions also:</p> <p class="sixforty">Then by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgalleries/">National Gallery of Scotland</a>, now by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/voods/">Vo0Ds</a>: <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgalleries/3102709906/" title="Old Town Edinburgh from the Calton Hill by National Galleries of Scotland Commons, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3114/3102709906_8cacbf7e21.jpg" width="315" height="217" alt="Old Town Edinburgh from the Calton Hill" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/voods/3223486938/" title="Old Town Edinburgh from Calton Hill 2009 by Vo0Ds, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3414/3223486938_818c75c9d1.jpg" alt="Old Town Edinburgh from Calton Hill 2009" width="315" height="217" border="0"></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Then by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliothequedetoulouse/">Biblioteque Toulouse</a>, now by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/14877328@N00/">janberckmans</a>:</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliothequedetoulouse/3097468745/" title="Château, tour des Archives, Assier, Lot by Bibliothèque de Toulouse, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3227/3097468745_a737572b97.jpg" alt="Château, tour des Archives, Assier, Lot" width="410" height="161" border="0"></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/14877328@N00/2810960155/" title="Untitled by janberckmans, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3013/2810960155_7257f8659f_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="161" border="0"></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Then by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/">New York Public Library</a>, now by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarawo/">tarawo</a>, </p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3109864797/" title="Fujiyama, from Otometoge by New York Public Library, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3271/3109864797_468157a1d6.jpg" alt="Fujiyama, from Otometoge" width="315" height="261" border="0" align="middle"></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarawo/2239549996/" title="??? / Mt. Fuji by tarawo, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2069/2239549996_19a01c17e6.jpg" alt="??? / Mt. Fuji" width="315" height="236" border="0" align="middle"></a></p> <p class="sixforty"> <br/> It’s also heart-warming to browse the Library of Congress’ set <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157623212811048/">Great Comments! THANK YOU!</a></p> <blockquote><em>“Flickr members have found family members through the photographs, they’ve helped commemorate individuals whose stories aren’t well known but deserve to be remembered, they’ve solved mysteries, and they’ve helped us all appreciate the technology and art of photography.”</em>- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2012/01/a-happy-anniversary-four-years-of-sharing-on-flickr/">Barbara Orbach Natanson from the Library of Congress</a>. </blockquote> <p class="sixforty">Members were also able to help identify these <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2535973345/in/set-72157623212811048">survivors of the Titanic</a>.</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2535973345/" title="Louis & Lola ?-- TITANIC survivors (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2224/2535973345_9d8a196529_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="Louis & Lola ?-- TITANIC survivors (LOC)" width="640" height="463" border="0"></a></p> <p class="sixforty">The photo with the given title “Louis & Lola ?– TITANIC survivors (LOC)” was revealed to be actually orphans of the Titanic disaster, French brothers Michel (age 4) and Edmond Navratil (age 2) with the nicknames Lolo and Mamon.</p> <p class="sixforty">Family relatives have been identified <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrcommons/discuss/72157621961808589/">within photographs</a> in The Commons:</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/3362769010/" title="Servants and Curman family, Lysekil, Sweden by Swedish National Heritage Board, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3027/3362769010_e0c4fac60f_z.jpg" alt="Servants and Curman family, Lysekil, Sweden" width="500" height="378" border="0"></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrcommons/discuss/72157621961808589/72157622671223665/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://flickrtheblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/2012-01-commons2.gif" alt="Quote from the Swedish National Heritage Board" width="536" height="140" border="0" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-33031" title="Swedish Heritage Board Comment"/></a></p> <br/> <p class="sixforty"><strong>The power of photography to bring people together</strong></p> <p class="sixforty">We’ve been delighted to see how the power of photography brings people together, which we’ve seen most clearly with groups such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrcommons">Flickr Commons group</a>, the community-created site <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.indicommons.org/">indicommons</a>, offline community meet ups and the creative uses of Commons photos by members utilizing the No Known Copyright framework.</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2488936923/" title="Egypt: Luxor by Brooklyn Museum, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2247/2488936923_97e6dd807a.jpg" alt="Egypt: Luxor" width="285" height="263" border="0"></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418107@N02/5506272039/" title="The Case of the Blue Scarab, front by pennylrichardsca, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5059/5506272039_ae30a60003.jpg" width="350" height="263" alt="The Case of the Blue Scarab, front" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Many thanks to the team at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/">Library of Congress</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/people/george/">George Oates</a> who founded The Commons on Flickr, all of the additional <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/">55 Commons institutions</a> that have joined over the course of four years, and last but not least to you, the Flickr community, who have made <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/commons/">The Commons</a> what it is today and never cease to amaze us with your creativity and passion for photography. Whee!</p> <p class="sixforty"> <br/>Photos from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/">State Library of New South Wales collection</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/">Nationaal Archief</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/">National Library of Ireland on The Commons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/">George Eastman House</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/">Smithsonian Institution</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/">San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/">NASA on The Commons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/">The U.S. National Archives</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/">Brooklyn Museum</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/">The Library of Congress</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cercamon/">cercamon</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgalleries/">National Galleries of Scotland Commons</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/voods/">Vo0Ds</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliothequedetoulouse/">Bibliothèque de Toulouse</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/14877328@N00/">janberckmans</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/">New York Public Library</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarawo/">tarawo</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/">Swedish National Heritage Board</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418107@N02/">pennylrichardsca</a>.</p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Fiona Miller</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/09/time-flies-celebrating-4-years-of-the-commons-on-flickr/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-32893" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-08">February 8, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/08/flickr-goes-east-coast-meet-us-in-new-york-and-philadelphia/" title="Permalink to Flickr goes East Coast: Meet us in New York and Philadelphia" rel="bookmark">Flickr goes East Coast: Meet us in New York and Philadelphia</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> Also available in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/de/2012/02/09/flickr-treffen-in-zurich-halle-und-den-usa/" title="Permalink to Flickr-Treffen in Zürich, Halle und den USA">Deutsch</a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodimckee/4471217383/" title="flickr friends rule by jodi*mckee, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2770/4471217383_2b3aa5b06a.jpg" width="315" height="201" alt="flickr friends rule" border="0"/></a>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/6291112463/" title="scenes from a shooting party by damiec, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6229/6291112463_8154bf8113.jpg" width="315" height="209" alt="scenes from a shooting party" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Come and meet other Flickr members at two events on the East Coast later this month. Swing on by to meet Flickr staff in New York and Philadelphia to talk about gear, take photos, walk with us through the city and chat about the site. Here are our (new) meetup pages, with signup information:<br/> </p> <p class="sixforty" style="text-align:center;"><b>New York, February 18<sup>th</sup> – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.meetup.com/flickr/New-York-NY/595432/" title="New York Meetup Info">More info & RSVP</a></b></p> <p class="sixforty" style="text-align:center;"><b>Philadelphia, February 19<sup>th</sup> – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.meetup.com/flickr/Philadelphia-PA/596892/" title="Philly Meetup info">More info & RSVP</a></b></p> <p class="sixforty"> <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/acommonplacelife/6288825900/" title="epic by a.commonplace.life, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6232/6288825900_07f47ba942_z.jpg" width="640" height="458" alt="epic" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">In other news: Starting today, we’re switching to Meetup.com as our main site for global community events. Feel free to start and organize your own, or join in with existing ones in your neighborhood. Here’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://meetup.com/flickr" title="Flickr on Meetup.com ">our shiny, new Flickr page on Meetup</a>. We hope to see you in New York or Philadelphia!</p> <p class="sixforty">Photos from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/acommonplacelife/6288825900/">a.commonplace.life</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodimckee/4471217383/">jodi*mckee</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/6291112463/">damiec</a>.</p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Markus Spiering</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/08/flickr-goes-east-coast-meet-us-in-new-york-and-philadelphia/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-3750" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-07">February 7, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/07/i-am/" title="Permalink to I am…" rel="bookmark">I am…</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> Also available in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/de/2012/02/08/i-am-ich-bin/" title="Permalink to I am... (Ich bin...)">Deutsch</a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a title="i am shy. por iamaustin, no Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am/2378933559/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/2378933559_f1477dce6b.jpg" alt="i am shy." width="497" height="581"/></a></p> <p><a title="i am 82. i am christian. por iamaustin, no Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am/2379767870/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/2379767870_483e14e12f.jpg" alt="i am 82. i am christian." width="500" height="298"/></a></p> <p><a title="jo's march 21. por iamaustin, no Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am/2356954782/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/2356954782_71b76ca886.jpg" alt="jo's march 21." width="500" height="198"/></a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am/">iamaustin</a> published the photos from this lovely project in his photostream.</p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/07/i-am/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-32938" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-06">February 6, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/06/reptar-is-ready-for-his-trip-to-another-dimension/" title="Permalink to Reptar is ready for his trip to another dimension" rel="bookmark">Reptar is ready for his trip to another dimension</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubixdead/6710142943/" title="Reptar is ready for his trip to another dimension! by christopher.berry, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6710142943_6eea977479_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="Reptar is ready for his trip to another dimension!"></a></p> <p>I for one welcome our new feline overlords.</p> <p>The human that was forced to photographically document this moment in space time was <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubixdead">christopher.berry</a>.</p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Zack Sheppard</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/06/reptar-is-ready-for-his-trip-to-another-dimension/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-27335" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-04">February 4, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/04/iportrait/" title="Permalink to iPortrait" rel="bookmark">iPortrait</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> Also available in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/de/2012/02/07/iportrat/" title="Permalink to iPorträt">Deutsch</a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/10257514@N05/5809820232/" title="158/365 : i (stressed) smile by Seb Bartoli, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3516/5809820232_cace2070de_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="158/365 : i (stressed) smile" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tismey/4582456154/" title="I is for iPhone, iPad, iPod by tismey, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3311/4582456154_6a8029e8fc.jpg" width="315" height="210" alt="I is for iPhone, iPad, iPod" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/pichead/4759078780/" title="iTrapped by Pichead, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4759078780_8104a575ef.jpg" width="315" height="210" alt="iTrapped" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnyclash/4660726666/" title="Dreams in Digital [Explored #144] by Jonathan Vazquez, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4043/4660726666_39ff9c8d0a.jpg" width="180" height="270" alt="Dreams in Digital [Explored #144]" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrei_yeah/5396059795/" title="028/365 by • Andrei •, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5140/5396059795_b4707a6375.jpg" width="261" height="270" alt="028/365" border="0"/></a>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/coreyweekley/4527601648/" title="106 : select : scream by coreyweekley, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4046/4527601648_f3c78f8248.jpg" width="180" height="270" alt="106 : select : scream" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbodyphotos/5379590697/" title="Lost in myself by PBodyPhotos, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5284/5379590697_29f14bec46_z.jpg" width="640" height="425" alt="Lost in myself" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">Tablets make for a great weekend project! Have fun.</p> <p class="sixforty">Photos from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/10257514@N05/" target="_blank">Buvone</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/tismey/" target="_blank">tismey</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/pichead/" target="_blank">Pichead</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnyclash/" target="_blank">Jonathan Vazquez</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrei_yeah/" target="_blank">• Andrei •</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/coreyweekley/" target="_blank">coreyweekley</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbodyphotos/" target="_blank">PBodyPhotos</a>.<br/>Idea from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregivu/">gregivu</a>.</p> <div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/04/iportrait/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="post-32854" class="entry"> <div class="entry-date"><abbr class="published" title="2012-02-03">February 3, 2012</abbr></div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/03/nasa-the-eastern-hemisphere/" title="Permalink to The Eastern Hemisphere" rel="bookmark">The Eastern Hemisphere</a></h2> <div class="entry-languages"> Also available in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/de/2012/02/06/die-ostliche-hemisphere/" title="Permalink to Die östliche Hemisphere">Deutsch</a> </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6806922559/" title="Eastern Hemisphere - Blue Marble 2012 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6806922559_b3d24f2d8d_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="Eastern Hemisphere - Blue Marble 2012" border="0"/></a></p> <p class="sixforty">The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/">Blue Marble 2012 photo</a> that we told you about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/01/25/most-amazing-high-definition-image-of-earth/">last week</a>, had an amazing reception with more than 3.2 million views to date. That’s why <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/">NASA Goddard Photo and Video</a> decided to create another Blue Marble 2012 view, this time showing the Eastern Hemisphere.</p> <p class="sixforty"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6803619953/" title="Blue Marble 2012 - "How To" by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319im_/http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6803619953_52f2ce089a_t.jpg" width="100" height="89" alt="Blue Marble 2012 - "How To"" border="0" style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;"/></a><i>“The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Both of these new ‘Blue Marble’ images are images taken by a new instrument flying aboard Suomi NPP, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).”</i> NASA describes in detail how the Blue Marble photos are created and shares more background information in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6803619953/">this “How To” image</a> uploaded alongside the new view.</p> <p class="sixforty">Even topping the size of the previous view of Earth, NASA has uploaded the 132.25 Megapixel version to Flickr. From the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6806922559/sizes/l/">large size</a> you can click through to see the original 11500 x 11500 image on Flickr.</p> <p class="sixforty">Photo and quote from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc">NASA Goddard Photo and Video</a>.</p><div class="sharedaddy"></div> </div> <div class="posted"> Posted by <b>Kay Kremerskothen</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/03/nasa-the-eastern-hemisphere/">Permalink</a> </div> </div> <div id="nav-below" class="navigation"> <div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210175319/http://blog.flickr.net/en/page/2/">« Older posts</a></div> <div class="nav-next"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="primary" class="sidebar"> <ul> <li> <p class="blog-intro">The companion blog to <a 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