Lou Noble (aka Lou O’ Bedlam) defines himself with this simple statement on his site: “I take pictures, save lives, surf, eat pumpkin-related products. No big whup.” But for us, he’s a big whup. We found it necessary to get to know him more, especially because we selected Lou to join the judge panel for our inaugural 20under20 celebration, highlighting 20 talented young photographers on Flickr.
We’re briefly interrupting your hopefully awesome weekend with our latest Weekend Samplr. Enjoy the featured photography and be inspired to go out and shoot.
When Alex Stoddard started his 365 project as a 16-year-old, he had just a few followers. A year later, there were tens of thousands of fans. Now, the Flickr phenom’s photography has jump-started an incredible career for the artist and he has been awarded to be one of our 20under20.
In this week’s throwback journey, let’s explore gardens seen in the past, led by a Japanese flower garden in the 1890s and more offered in the photographic archives from The Commons.
In this week’s photo selection, a brilliant shot of a sunbathing Icelandic seal pup inspired us to corral more pictures of those immensely photogenic mammals of the sea, particularly seals, otters, and sea lions.
David was born in December 1998 in Innsbruck, Austria, and delved into photography at the age of 10, focusing on self-portraiture and fine art photography after having fallen in love with the craft. He is one of our 20under20.
We are happy to welcome the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie to The Commons today. Read on to learn more and discover their first albums covering World War I.
Click through and be inspired by some of the beautiful photos we discovered for this new Flickr Weekend Samplr.
When announcing our new 50 photo limit for galleries, we asked you to share some of your favorites with us. Here are some of them from the Flickr Central thread that we hope you’ll enjoy.
We hope your weekend is enjoyable. Here is our weekend selection to make it even better. Click through to enjoy all of these interesting photos that captivated us this week.