While Hernandez believes that photo apps like Instagram can complement Flickr, they still offer too many constraints for photographers exploring their craft. We believe all of that is changing with the mobile revolution.” “Very few people could afford that- no surprise the best photographers 20 years ago were older people. “10 or 15 years ago it was expensive and complicated to explore the world of photography,” Hernandez said. Other winners will be crowdsourced through hashtag campaigns on Twitter, in categories like “Most Creative,” “Best Technique,” and “Strongest Portfolio.” 1 in partnership with Vogue’s Photography Director Ivan Shaw. Shaw selected one of the contestants, Laurence Philomene, as the recipient of the contest’s Curator’s Choice Award. The contestants will be judged on “their creativity, technical talent, and overall strength of portfolio.” They winners will be featured across Yahoo and Flickr over the course of the year and celebrated in a gala at Manhattan’s Milk Studios on Oct. The honorees dot the globe-only 11 are from the U.S.-and range in age from 15 to 20, though at least one began shooting at age 10. That something is Flickr’s 20 under 20, a contest curated and judged by members of the Flickr community, including Hernandez. I saw these numbers and was like okay, we have to do something with this.” “My perception was… it probably skewed toward more sophisticated photographers. “I was shocked to see how many people under the age of 20 and 25 were in our user base,” Hernandez explained. We spoke to Flickr Vice President Bernardo Hernandez about how Flickr plans to stay relevant-and how it can appeal to a new generation of iPhone-toting photographers. With a thriving creative community of dedicated if occasionally disgruntled photographers, Flickr’s image skews older than mobile photo communities like Instagram. With Tumblr under its wing, Yahoo wants to turn its loved online photo community into a place for teens, too.įlickr, which pre-dates the mobile photography era considerably, launched in 2004 and remarkably remains relevant an entire decade later.
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