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Flickr's creators began cyber life with the short-lived 'Game Neverending' – but their photo-sharing site seems set to run and run.Ever since Ibn al-Haytham invented the camera obscura in Basra in the 10th century we have marveled at how photography can inspire us and move us, whether it be our own snaphots of a new-born child or grim reportage of war.
Flickr is the brainchild of Ludicorp, the creators of the short lived 'Game Neverending'. GNE was a multiplayer game, all about sharing. And Flickr is just that: a permanent, constantly growing exhibition of photography, building a social record of sorts of our lives and times. It has been online since 2004.
Many bloggers use Flickr photos to illuminate or illustrate their sites, as do many commercial websites. More and more photographers allow their photos to be used alongside text so long as their work is suitably credited. It’s not for money – as there is rarely a fee - but simply for the thrill of seeing their work in action.
Flickr people love photography, you only have to follow some of the comments added below the images to see that it’s all about encouragement, a digital pat on the back for work well done, a big thumbs up for finding inspiration. Fellow users have their favourites, awarding blue ribbons, shields of excellence and all manner of other titles in recognition of fellow ‘flickrs’.
If you’re new to Flickr (because you’ve been on the cyberworld equivalent of Planet Zog) the images you will find in the millions upon millions of Flickr pages could be anything from a macro close-up of a fly (‘My first successful macro shot of an insect!’) to something altogether scarier in the shape of a tiger shark (‘Beauty’ )
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