Stories of the faceless woman
"The question of why I don’t show faces in my photos comes up a lot," says photographer Patty Maher, known on Flickr as Patty. "It’s […]
#FlickrFriday: Up Close
Our last Flickr Friday theme was #UpClose. Part of the challenge was getting familiar with your subject, zooming in, taking the macro […]
This week in The Commons
We’re happy to present another round of institutions that have joined The Commons this week! Browse through each of their photostreams to see photos they’ve […]
US Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage
The United States Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and rejected an appeal about Proposition 8 on Wednesday, in two significant […]
North Korea’s modern luxuries revealed
Last Friday we heard from Toronto student Benjamin Jakabek, known on Flickr as benyjakabek, who described his rare visit to North Korea and shared the […]
In transit
We spend countless hours (or months!) of our lives on trains, buses and planes, in terminals and tunnels and uncomfortable seats. Most […]
Supermoon views
Over the weekend, many skywatchers caught the moon in its biggest appearance of this year. Arriving at the closest distance from Earth on June 23, […]
Protests in Brazil
Over two weeks ago, Brazil’s “Free Fare Movement” demonstrators organized protests against an increase in public-transit fares in a few cities across the country. On […]
Life inside North Korea: Between concrete and cherry blossoms
Thoughts of North Korea tend to conjure up images of organized military parades, nuclear missile tests and large crowds worshiping a supreme leader; today that’s […]
#FlickrFriday: 97 Percent
Our last Flickr Friday theme was #97Percent. A lot of creativity went into this (admitted) head-scratcher of a theme. Some of you took a topical […]
Driftwood assemblages
Some of those wood scraps battered by ocean waves and strewn across beaches become valued construction material. Fitted together into an standing bear to adorning […]
Falling rain
As the calendar flips past Spring, we wanted to take a moment to share some stunning rainy shots. Trekking out into a […]