The boondocks do not have decent museums. The boondocks probably have internet access.
Rahbuhbuh, in an email to Open Source, October 11, 2006.
The Obsession [andycarvin / Flickr]
In planning tonight’s show on Photography 2.0, we asked a few of our frequent commenters and favorite Flickr users some questions about the phenomenon of online community photography. Commenters Rahbuhbuh and NineInchNachos, a founding member of our Flickr group, weighed in.
Before Flickr, I would just upload to my website, knowing my parents and a few friends would see them, but now I take pictures that I know will win me respect (or as Douglas Rushkoff says, ‘Social Currency’) in my different Flickr groups. It is a way for an underground Tacoma artist to sneak their work in front of a diverse group of eyeballs. You can’t buy that kind of advertising!
NineInchNachos, in an email to Open Source, October 11, 2006
Home demo recording improved music, community-based sites will improve photography. There will just be a lot of drivel that people will need to filter through. And it seems most posters do that anyway. After the initial excitement of seeing themselves “published” in great quantities, Flickr members eventually learn to post only new images likely to ratchet up comments, and that processing 20 photos of the same flower taken at different angles is monotonous.
Rahbuhbuh, in an email to Open Source, October 11, 2006.
Those who remember the OJ mug shots know how certain [magazine] covers using the same image as their competing publications printed them darker (read: more menacing), simply due to influence of ink, printing processes, and Photoshop. The content didn’t change, just the color value and contrast. An adjustment [to the photo] spun the story, portraying him as a villain. We all know these tricks because we see how the bad guys are lit in the movies and how the hero looks more heroic if you shoot him/her from below. I’m more wary of people having access to Photoshop than access to cameras and photo sharing sites. The mind of a photo editor, knowing how much influence they have, must be a very interesting place to live.
Rahbuhbuh, in an email to Open Source, October 11, 2006.
