The Commons on Flickr

Celebrating 5 years of The Commons on Flickr - CNET News: " . . . Greater accessibility was the driving factor behind The Commons on Flickr project, which last week celebrated its fifth anniversary. Launched on January 16, 2008 in partnership with The Library of Congress, Flickr sought to increase access to publicly held photography collections, providing a way for people to interact with the images, and potentially contributing information to the catalogs. Dozens of institutions around the world have offered up their public collections so far, and thousands of Flickr community members have contributed to the conversation, adding nearly 2 million tags and more than 165,000 comments to the photos, offering detailed anecdotes and supplemental information to the collections. . . . "

The 10 Best photography sites
The Independent
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Firehouse Cultural Center introduces teens to photography as experimental art
Observer News
Prior to renowned photographer Ansel Adams, photography struggled as an art form. RUSKIN – Prior to renowned photographer Ansel Adams, photography struggled as an art form. Few museums would consider photographs worthy of exhibition alongside ...

New York woman goes missing in Istanbul on photography trip
CNN International
(CNN) -- Sarai Sierra followed her passion to Istanbul -- a budding photographer lured by the possibilities the picturesque, ancient city has to offer. But the day before she was supposed to fly back home, the 33-year-old mother of two went missing ...

Roman Vishniac Rediscovered, International Center of Photography, New York
Financial Times
So the original of that picture, now part of the International Center of Photography's marvellous Vishniac retrospective, comes as a revelation. In the uncropped version, the impish hero is wedged in a ... In the foreground, slightly out of focus ...


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