littleforeigner

Mar 19
Yesterday was one of those days when I REALLY love the Internet. When it works exactly how it is supposed to. While checking the Flickr feed in my RSS reader, in among all the shots of the Peace Park and Miyajima, I found a gem of a Meiji Era photo of women in kimono enjoying a stroll in what looks like Shukkeien Garden. I shared it here on the GetHiroshima blog yesterday.  Clicking through to Okinawa Soba’s Flickr page, I found a huge collection of quite amazing photographs, which it turns out he spent years collecting - all uploaded in great quality and under Creative Commons licences. I listed him as a contact, which he must have noticed while online in the US, took look at some pics in the GH Flickr account and posted a nice comment on one. Seeing this, I fired off a quick message complementing him on his collection. I later received a very nice reply in which, mouthwateringly, he wrote that what he has uploaded so far is “only the tip of the iceberg”! I highly recommend spending some time looking through the 200+ pictures; really are fascinating and Okinawa Soba’s comments make for good reading too! Through another of his pictures I can accross this discussion on the risks and issues involved with uploading private photo collections to sites like Flickr. I appreciate the concerns, but can’t help feeling that the benefit of sharing historically valuable such as this far outweighs the risk of being ripped off. Bravo to Okinawa Soba!

Yesterday was one of those days when I REALLY love the Internet. When it works exactly how it is supposed to. While checking the Flickr feed in my RSS reader, in among all the shots of the Peace Park and Miyajima, I found a gem of a Meiji Era photo of women in kimono enjoying a stroll in what looks like Shukkeien Garden. I shared it here on the GetHiroshima blog yesterday. 

Clicking through to Okinawa Soba’s Flickr page, I found a huge collection of quite amazing photographs, which it turns out he spent years collecting - all uploaded in great quality and under Creative Commons licences. I listed him as a contact, which he must have noticed while online in the US, took look at some pics in the GH Flickr account and posted a nice comment on one. Seeing this, I fired off a quick message complementing him on his collection. I later received a very nice reply in which, mouthwateringly, he wrote that what he has uploaded so far is “only the tip of the iceberg”!

I highly recommend spending some time looking through the 200+ pictures; really are fascinating and Okinawa Soba’s comments make for good reading too!

Through another of his pictures I can accross this discussion on the risks and issues involved with uploading private photo collections to sites like Flickr. I appreciate the concerns, but can’t help feeling that the benefit of sharing historically valuable such as this far outweighs the risk of being ripped off.

Bravo to Okinawa Soba!

Posted at 4:32pm

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