Map geek extraordinaire Eric Fischer is back, mapping out who Tweets (in blue), who Flickrs (in red), who does both (in white) and where — from New York City to Tokyo to Amsterdam to Moscow and on — for his new project See Something or Say Something. See it city by city below. Read more »
As NATO assumes control of the no-fly zone over Libya — a politically correct way of saying the US is still calling the shots, but gets to do it while wearing a different mask — the resistance continues to battle pro-Gaddafi forces, and things on the ground are at full tilt. Along with the air campaign comes the propaganda and this is where social media has played a crucial role, Flickr included. Read more »
Flickr accidentally deleted photographer Mirco Wilhelm’s Flickr account yesterday and his 4,000 photos like this, taken over five years just went poof, permanently. Devastating. They did write a nice letter apologizing for mistaking him for an image thief and promised to design a way to reverse future account deletions. Read more »
City Hall’s hottest new employee, Rachel Sterne, was hired as NYC’s chief digital officer. The Wall Street Journal reports that shortly after the announcement, Sterne changed the privacy settings on her Facebook page so non-friends can’t leave comments or see her wall, although they can still view her photos, just not this one of her kissing a guy named Max, which she promptly deleted from her Flickr. Read more »
While INTERPOL doesn’t even have a photo of their most wanted man, here is Julian Assange nervously photobombing a random Norwegian’s just-uploaded family snapshot. Flickr user Magne Alvheim writes, “Famous person captured by accident. He just happened to cross the road while I was taking pictures.” Read more »
The Government of Chile set up a Flickr account and has been steadily uploading images of the rescue efforts as miner after miner exits the escape pod. They’re cool with anyone using the photos, just don’t forget to credit them. Read more »
Filippo Minelli’s ongoing photo/graffiti series Contradictions is all about context. As corporations “appropriate nature” and sell “intangible products” to the world, the photographer throws a global intervention. See more of his effective juxtaposing below. Read more »
Just like last 4th of July, the city spurned the entire East Side of Manhattan and sent people to look towards Jersey for some reason. Whether New Yorkers braved the barricaded West Side, packed like sardines in the sweltering smoggy heat, or BBQ’ed comfortably on a Brooklyn rooftop, here’s a batch of their better photos. Read more »
Flickr has just created a new feature for photo licensing: Requests for photo use will go through a third party – Getty Images – who will handle “the details like permissions, releases and pricing.” Though it would have been neater to have a a simple message template for requests to the photographers directly, it’s nice to see the Flickroos get some more exposure (even make a buck if they’re lucky.)
In an amazing feat of cartography, Eric Fischer turned Flickr’s collective geotagging data into a world atlas of photo hot spots, by city. Better yet, they’re color-coded — blue for locals (taking photos in each city for a month or more) and red for tourists (taking photos in the city for less than a month/locals of a different city). Above: NYC and SF. Read more »
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