July was packed with big news, if you missed it, here’s your ICYMI roundup. We kicked off our grant program with Black Women Photographers, and it’s bigger than ever. We also celebrated the 4th of July (a special 250th one), plus rolled out some important policy updates to help keep Flickr safe. Lots to celebrate this month, let’s dive in!
BWP Photographers Grant
Our partnership with the Black Women Photographers community is back and bigger than ever! We’re offering a $10,000 grant along with a year of Flickr Pro AND SmugMug Pro to the lucky winner. This is not one to miss! Ten lucky runners up will also win a year of Flickr Pro and a year of SmugMug Pro. To learn about Black Women Photographers, join the community and find out all of the grant details for a chance to win a truly awesome opportunity to grow your photography practice. The grant recipient will be announced live at MODE by Flickr in September so don’t wait!
Analog Photography Spotlight with this month’s MODE Challenge
The Analog photo challenge is still open in our MODE by Flickr group and the lucky winner will be able to bring their love of film photography to MODE in September. The submissions are already showing how many ways one prompt can be seen and there is still plenty of time to add your own photos to the pool for a chance to win! Head over to the group, tag your photos with #MODEanalog and join the photo challenge fun! We can’t wait to see your your take on Analog.
Explore Takeover: Curated by the community, glowing in orange
For this month’s Explore Takeover we’re getting inspired by summer sunsets, zesty citrus, & refreshing tropical drinks by curating a takeover celebrating the color orange! Whether it’s a close-up shot of a marigold or a campfire gathering with friends – we want to see all things orange! Head over to Flickr Social and join the July Explore Takeover discussion to put your orange photos in the running for a summery feature on Explore this month!
The United States of America turns 250
This month, we celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America through photography. The archives on Flickr are rich with history and noting that history is the best way to pay homage to this great experiment. Visit the Flickr blog to take a stroll back in time through the photography that has captured so many important moments over the last 250 years.
Inactive Account Policy
At Flickr, we’re committed to maintaining a platform that’s secure, trustworthy, and built for photographers who are passionate about sharing their work. As part of that ongoing commitment, we’re introducing a policy to remove inactive accounts that have never been used. These are free accounts that have been inactive for at least 90 days and contain no photos, no comments, no favorites, and no group activity – but they do represent real security risk, including potential for account takeover, spam, and abuse. Learn more about our Inactive Account Policy on the Flickr blog.
That’s a wrap. See you next month!