Hayden Korr is a surviving student activist attending that same high school in which tragedy struck. Although becoming a full time photojournalist is one of her greatest aspirations, she has already touched souls with the influence of her timeless black and white rally photographs.
On February 14th, 2018 one of the world’s most deadliest school shootings occurred in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen individuals were killed, and seventeen were wounded. This massacre sparked the March For Our Lives movement which in turn has created hundreds of rallies and marches across the country. Student-led efforts are dominating this political warfare in attempts to raise awareness of gun violence issues.
“I thought that this rally was one of the most emotional experiences I have ever witnessed, so I had to express that.” Two of Hayden Korr’s biggest fears are “not documenting the right things and not documenting enough.” This has propelled her deep into the work of a true artist with wholesome intentions and daunting challenges.
To read more, check out the full article on our blog.
Dauntlessly spirited Rosie Hardy is a surreal fine arts photographer in a small town near Glossop, England, where she has access to the wild, forest like territory the majority of her photos encompass. She is currently working on a 365-day challenge, but not for any reason you may immediately assume.
Her 365-day challenge began six weeks after the passing of her boyfriend, Tim, who was devastatingly taken too soon after a batting melanoma. “It was my first big grief, and it’s only looking back that I can understand the magnitude the loss held. A few weeks in, I was struggling to get out of bed, find direction or purpose, and having started a 365 when I first picked up a camera at 17, reattempting the project seemed a fitting way to make sure I didn’t let photography slip away from me, too.”
Rosie explains how this challenge helped convey more than she expected. “It gave me something to think about other than his death, it gave me a way to channel my emotional state into something productive, it gave me connection and support from the people who’d followed my work and journey, and for that, I am so grateful.”
Rosie believes that art should be a reflection of the artist. She feels encouraged to take bigger emotional risks because she is confident in her photography’s ability to help her recover from even the greatest loss. In the same respect, her work is also based on intent. Her photography has and will never be about being “gallery worthy” or aesthetically neat, it’s about feeling good during the creation process- especially during the 365 project.
Her creation process goes above and beyond the typical, as it’s layered in her own passions. Although Rosie describes poetry as something she “dabbles” in, the captions of her photos are almost always beautiful enough to be considered poetry. Her exceedingly candid and forthright captions regularly give her followers a bitter taste of reality, layered in sweet sorrow and thoughtful, compelling prose.
Rosie has refused to sit in the passenger’s seat of life and has instead decided to utilize the good in life to create, to listen to cinematic classical music, take her kayaks onto the nearby lake and daydream up ideas for shoots.
The sincerity in her online presence has earned her a whopping 137.6 thousand followers. Her ability to be frank with her thoughts came from the fact that being a virtual public figure, she was going to be scrutinized at every angle anyway, so she might as well be judged for being her authentic self. Furthermore, this honesty has taken her to new heights the more she has studied behavioral psychology. Being able to express fear, grief, or other like issues is integral in a healthy process of moving forward. For her, this ingenuous sharing of her personal life has become “cathartic, artistic and integral to the structure” of her life.
If she could give one piece of advice to her younger self, it would be to put less pressure on herself to create photos with the perfect outcome. “I’d have more patience with the learning process, and also maintain that it’s more important to be passionate about what it is you want to get out of your system by creating the piece, than the piece itself!”
The photo above was chosen by the band Maroon 5 to use as their album cover art. Being chosen was not only an incredible accomplishment, but quite the relief as projects like these are what eases one of Rosie’s biggest fears- becoming a photographer who she doesn’t recognise. Only a small portion of her income comes from her personal work featured on Flickr, instagram, portfolio & Facebook. The majority of her income is derived from weddings, musician shoots and workshops. Although large brands are constantly requesting her talent, she remains highly selective of whom she chooses to work with in fear of the possibility she’ll over monetize her passion and “forget the reason I create what I create.”
Rosie will be speaking at Hagley Camera Club on April 10 – the ticket and raffle proceeds will be donated to her late boyfriend’s charity, the Tim Bacon Foundation.
Vagelis is a landscape, portrait and fine arts photographer based in Attica, Greece. His beloved traveling companion Bobo is also based in Attica. Together, they capture the lively soul of this region in a breathtakingly unique perspective. After going through his photostream, you’ll feel like it’s your home too.
Vagelis and Bobo’s relationship is deeply complex. As you can see, Bobo looks incredibly annoyed in the majority of photos…
Vagelis has come to recognize it’s simply the structure of his face, because all cats love snow…right? It comes as no surprise his favorite photo includes Bobo below.
Despite that fact that Vagelis currently works at a software company, he always had a creative side; the majority of it expressed through music. After years of being a part-time DJ, he discovered his passion for photography through Flickr. Now he combines the arts in a unique culmination of his photography put to music on YouTube.
Self-teaching is not easy. It comes with an incredible amount of self-discipline and passion for the field that Vagelis clearly retained. His knowledge of technical photography skills was enhanced by the useful elements of Flickr’s site, particularly the EXIF data and camera info available with most pictures. That information was crucial to gaining a solid understanding of the workings of a camera. After some time, Vagelis slowly accumulated a multitude of both lenses and cameras to suit the needs of his diverse interests.
To read more, check out the rest of the story on the Flickr blog!
Elizabeth Sallee Bauer was a chef turned family photographer. While succeeding with her goal of capturing her kids’ personalities, she also managed to gain a hefty amount of Flickr followers along the way! Find out why in our latest feature story!
As a dedication to victims of universal queer hate crimes, Rob Woodcox uses his photographs to symbolize his belief in love and equality.
His fine art images have been featured on dozens of magazines and media sites, but what makes Woodcox’s work unique is his ability to make viewers question where the subjects come from by incorporating “strange or interesting elements.” See for yourself in our latest interview.
How many <3s can we get for Avocados & Guacamole Day?
An Ode To Avo
You are pimply.
You are green.
I’m not saying
this to be mean.
You’re an avo,
and delicious.
Extra guac
for the misses.
We love you on chips,
and tacos, in dips.
We love you despite
your short life quip.
When in season
you’re the best, ay.
We celebrate you
on Guacamole Day.
We’ve just opened the Flickr Worldwide Photowalks Group to submissions and will be accepting your images through the entire month of September. We invite you to take photos of monuments and historic places in your city and add them to the group pool. Be sure to add tags to the photo with the city and monument names.
Remember, if there is not currently a walk planned for your city you can still organize one, but you don’t need to attend a photowalk to submit photo(s) to the group. We encourage everyone interested in coordinating one to create a Facebook or Meetup event for it (date/location) and share the event details in this Group Discussion. All organizers will receive a free 3-month Flickr Pro subscription.
This year we are partnering with the Wikimedia community in support of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 (WLM) photography competition. To have your photos invited to the official contest at the end of the month, the images you upload to the Flickr Worldwide Photowalks group should meet the following criteria:
You can find more details about our collaboration with Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in this blog post.
Still have questions? Read this FAQ section to learn more on how to organize a Flickr Photowalk or how to submit photos to the WLM contest.
