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Progress Report: Creating a Data Lifeboat circa 2024

Check out our prototype workflow for creating a Data Lifeboat.

The Best Little Museum Shop is here

Take a look at our new online store, and get yourself a treat to support the Flickr Foundation

Our Data Lifeboat workshops are complete

Now we are working out what just happened, and here's an outline.

Flickr Commons is growing again!

Read George's update on how our revitalization strategy is progressing...

Developing a New Research Method, Part 2: Introduction to Archivevoice

Follow Prakash Krishnan's progress, with guidance on archival basics, and this new methodology.

“Flickr.com is a Gathering of Memory”

Read highlights from the Flickr Foundation's First Conversation, and access the full transcript.

Flickr Foundation at iPres 2024

Find out what Tori and Alex learnt when they visited Ghent.

Welcome, Joshua!

The Foundation's first designer comes on board!

Marcelle Ferns with nose guard and sun glasses, 1941

Field Notes #01: Lughnasadh

Lead Researcher, Tori, pins down her methodology for the upcoming Safe Harbor Network design workshops with institutional users

Welcome, Fattori!

We have a new Lead Researcher in the team, joining us to enhance our approach to our Data Lifeboat initiative.

Happy World Photography Day!

How far we've come since that first view of the rooftops in France...

Making some marvelous maps

We’ve added maps to our Commons Explorer, which is a fun new way to find photos.

Developing a New Research Method, Part 1

Where research fellow, Prakash Krishnan, positions archival images as a medium for creative interpretation.

Working with snapshots of structured data on Wikimedia Commons

Some techniques for working with metadata that describes more than 100 million files.

Result of prompting Midjourney with “Stereograms, 1900” in June 2024.

The Ghost Stays in the Picture, Part 3: The Power of the Image

The final installment from Eryk Salvaggio as part of his fellowship researching generated imagery and Flickr.