You organized two amazing afternoons last weekend and we want to share some of the impressions from those two FlickrMeets in New York and Philadelphia. It was a lot of fun hanging out with you, chatting and taking photos. We are super happy you could make it, and are already looking forward to the next FlickrMeets taking place over the upcoming weeks in London, Karachi, Stockholm, Dresden, Oxford, Indianapolis, Madrid, or at a place just around your corner. Go create a meet up!

Photos from kaitlin.marie, soupatraveler, kdrake1007, Shirin N, Joe Shlabotnik, Apotheoun, and RobertFrancis, uploaded to the #phillyflickrmeetup and #nycflickrmeetup groups.

The art project "Das gebaute Bild" (The Constructed Picture), created by Flickr member linus_lohoff, was part of a photography class project at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences where Linus studies graphics design.

"I’ve been a big fan of Erwin Wurm who transformed everyday objects into art."

It was the shift in context that fascinated Linus about this project. After some research he started having ideas of floating and disappearing everyday objects, like the banana that appears to be sinking into the ground or the shoe that has been nailed to the floor to not fly away.

"Everything is photographed and set up the way you see it."

Linus says he needed to use nylon thread to affix some of the objects which he digitally removed later-on, but apart from that, everything is photographed and set up the way you see it. "Since I wanted strong contrasts, I chose backgrounds with different colors. Everything was placed on a small table and then shot with a Nikon D80 and a flash."

"Minimum effort – maximum effect."

Linus chose his personal motto not because he’s lazy but because small changes can produce the largest effects that surprise over and over again. He also likes to try out many different things and finds it most important to always keep experimenting: "My photostream showcases many portraits, night scenes, landscapes, objects, and photograms. I also avoid being limited by technical conditions: Apart from digital cameras, I also use a variety of Polaroid , medium format, or 35 mm cameras." Linus tells us that he always learns best through experience and the process of creating his art.

Photos from linus_lohoff.

Also check out some shark galleries curated by other Flickr members.

Photos from WIlly Volk, Callum McKain, käptncook, Dmitry Miroshnikov, George Probst, and Wild Journeys.

New York Fashion Week may have come to a close, but we’re still feasting our eyes on all of the awesome fashion photography taken over the past few days.

Photos from rachel.photo, 708718 and Scoboco.

After TIPA and SOPA, protests are now arising in Europe over ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

Photos from lrumiha, martinkrolikowski, lrumiha, Lichtmatrose, and Dennis Knake.

The What’s In Your Bag group on Flickr; a source of endless fascination since 2004.

Photos from reckoners, simon.carr, Georgina Swan, ceruleandreams, Razordab², {SeMi}CrAzEd, Bruna_Wretzky and Gi ★ CuteClub.

Above are a few of the beautiful photos that maciekpp took with his do-it-yourself tilt-shift lens. DIY you ask? Yes, that’s right! He constructed it using an old 50mm lens, a shower head and a rubber glove.

If you would like to see how he did it, you can easily follow along the drawn instructions on his blog. Also make sure to check out the additional tilt-shift pictures in his set DIY tilt-shift.

Photos from maciekpp.

Since its initial launch 5 months ago, we’ve seen people all over the world turn to the Flickr Android app to upload and share their pictures. We’re thrilled we can extend the Flickr Android app to even more members across the globe with the latest update, which now includes 9 new language options! German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Bahasa Indonesia to be precise.

Starting today, you can take photos directly from the app, enhance them with filters, and quickly send pictures to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere in these 9 languages.

If you already use one of these languages as the default language setting on your Android phone, your Flickr Android App will “automagically” update to match your phone settings with this new version (1.3). If you ever want to change the language in your Flickr Android app, you can do so by adjusting the language settings option on your mobile.

Don’t have the Flickr Android App installed on your mobile? Go download it at the Android Market.

Looking forward to seeing more of your photos on the go!

A Flickr Of Love from harry katz on Vimeo.

Sick of all the Valentine’s mush today? We’ve got a nice story for you that’ll warm your heart. Meet Jasmine and Anthony. They first met IRL (in real life) on Valentines day, but before that, they met on Flickr. You can read more about their story on Yodel Anecdotal.

A Flickr Of Love video from harry katz on Vimeo. Photo of Anthony from Jasmine and photo of Jasmine from Anthony (of course).

We wish you and your special someone a Valentine’s Day full of love!

Photos from davebrosha, Tom Kondrat, Chow_DAH, Kelly, marenkathleen, Lou O’ Bedlam, and Laura Gommans