When astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti received her first assignment — to spend a record 200 days aboard the International Space Station — she knew she wanted to document the opportunity of a lifetime through photography. The resulting images are breathtaking.
Alberto Monteraz is a Spanish photographer known on Flickr for his subtle and beautiful work. His followers say he is a “true talent” in portrait photography, an artist able to capture expressions like few others.
When Rafael Mantesso’s wife left him, he had nothing left but his dog, Jimmy, and an empty apartment. But when he started doodling on the floors and walls, and snapping photos of Jimmy alongside the sketches, he was unwittingly changing the course of their lives.
Devin Allen grew up in west Baltimore surrounded by crime, drugs, and murder. Photography offered him not only a means of rediscovering his community’s beauty, but also literally saved his life. Still, he never dreamed that one of his photos would land him on the cover of Time magazine.
In honor of World Photography Day, we’ve put together some of the most interesting and popular photos from the Flickr community. Check it out!
Max Ellis may not know what the squirrels in his backyard are going to do next, but there’s no doubt it will be interesting – and probably hilarious.
The theme for #FlickrFriday last week was #ViewFromMyWindow, and we got so many interesting submissions. Some are gorgeous scene outside the window, some are the reflection and look-back into the window.
Giulio Magnifico is a street photographer based in Udine, northeastern Italy. He travels to regions of the world torn apart by strife and war, such as Iraq and the Syrian border. His black-and-white compositions and portraits are beautifully moving.
Learn how distance from friends and family, combined with the stress of being new parents, led Leon and Lilly Mackie to create an internet sensation with their empty moving boxes.
The theme for #FlickrFriday last week was #Voice. So many interesting photos were submitted into our group. You showed us so many kinds of voice, from whisper, singing, to loud shout out. It is not so easy to transform the sound into a visual form, but you still done that so good.
Gavin Farrell is a panoramic photographer and videographer who recently participated in the production of the first-ever high resolution 360-degree image shot from the new One World Trade Center. He is an expert in VR and interactive images, and we look at the cutting edge work in the burgeoning field.
How can you show your wonderful landscapes while on the road being creative? Some people have the solution for you, and it looks really cute.