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Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008

June 2, 2009 @ 11:57 pm

Photo by Jack Delano (Library of Congress archives) The stunning photo above is one of the many notable mentions in the 2008 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest. If you missed the previous year’s winners, you can download them … Continue reading →

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Steve Lambert's arrow sign in Los Angeles

May 10, 2009 @ 1:18 am

Steve Lambert has a small side project called Arrow Sign in Los Angeles where he places a large sign with an improvised message into random scenes in LA. The picture above is from this set and it’s called “Sand Ocean … Continue reading →

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Nickolas Muray photo archives on Flickr Commons

January 4, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

I simply love the photographs in this Flickr Commons set from the George Eastman House of pictures taken by Nickolas Muray. Nickolas Muray was a Hungary-born photographer who had a very successful career as a photographer. He was known for … Continue reading →

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New York Public Library added to Flickr Commons

December 16, 2008 @ 5:46 pm

Yesterday, Flickr added a few wonderful collections from the New York Public Library image archives to Flickr Commons. If you’re a sucker for old and vintage photos of New York and its citizens, then you’ll find some great photographic works … Continue reading →

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Old photo of The Galleries Victoria in Sydney

November 13, 2008 @ 3:29 pm

Wow! Look at this old photo of The Galleries Victoria in Sydney from the Powerhouse Museum photo collection on the Commons on Flickr. It’s amazing that this building still looks exactly the same here as it does today (see Google … Continue reading →

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Australian War Memorial added to the Commons on Flickr

November 13, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

Flickr recently announced that the Australian War Memorial has been added to the collection at Flickr Commons in honor of the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. The addition of the Australian War Memorial photos now puts … Continue reading →

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