The 4th of Flickr

Posted March 15th, 2008 at 11:27 pm by Nicki Dugan, Blog Editor

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The walls of San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery were plastered tonight with more than 2,800 photos taken by Flickr devotees — about as many as are uploaded to Flickr per minute on your average Saturday night. They were hand-selected from the pool created in honor of Flickr’s 4th birthday, which the faithful were out in force to celebrate.

There were photos of newborns, wombats, hedgehogs, Vietnam, the Alps, Groucho impersonators, numbers, shoes, coffee, the Batmobile, libraries, suck-ups, and, my favorite, rubber duckies. Printed by Photoworks San Francisco, they created a stunning backdrop as Flickerites wolfed down catering by Say Cheese and 400 cupcakes from Kara’s Cupcakes. Never was there a party with more cameras in tow.

All walks of Flickr life were on hand, including a dozen thrift-store brides from the Brides of March, adding a Flickrly appropriate dose of iconoclasm to the evening.

Check out our photos, along with the bevy taken by fellow guests here. Happy Birthday, Flickr.

Tagged: anniversary, Flickr, flickrturns4, party

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gag | March 17th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

first photo is cute ;-)
makes me click the nose everytime

imagine kids and people around the world having access to flickr photos or communicate by pointing at photos
doodle to get matching photos

“knowledge makes you lonely
time makes it painful
the rest keeps you alive” n

“bio and nano technology is the future of computing and today nano technology stands downgraded” n

ktpupp | March 18th, 2008 at 7:08 am

Is there anyone who photographed each wall of photos displayed? I’ve been trying to find mine but haven’t been successful yet…

Marc | March 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am

Congratulations to the 4th anniversary to one of my favourite sites and good luck for the future!