Flickr Groups I administer
Flickr groups are a great way to share images and ideas
In the early days of Flickr prior to the Yahoo takeover groups flourished. As people found each other on what was then one of the most socially active photography sites on the internet so too they created groups. I have over the years been adding to my list of groups that I administer.
When Flickr was taken over by Smugmug in 2018 many groups had already begun to languish. Some groups I created myself others I was invited to admin and others I ended up as default administrator as others left the group.
Due to changes implemented by Smugmug, I was able to gain control over at least one group that seemed to have lapsed completely.
Gone though are the days where groups form spontaneously and I currently administer about 72 groups. Of course not all of these are thriving communities, they are not all listed here either. Most just tick along as people drop images into them. The hope being that the image will gain more views or perhaps get into the "explore" algorithm.
Here's a list of most of the groups I administer roughly in order of frequency of updates, as of December 2023.
This my change over the coming months especially; as Flickr turns 20 in 2024!
- iPhone 14 †[self explanatory really]
- Urban Photo Publishing †[this group is about the urban environment and once was the centre of a publishing outfit that published a hard copy magazine
- Australian New Topographics [a group dedicated to the idea of the New Topographics movement, with a focus on Australian and New Zealand's landscapes
- Streetwise; info at your toes † [ a group about the markings on the ground in many urban environments]
- Altfotonet [a central point for the publishing platform altfotonet]
- Alt Melb [an alternative take on Melbourne and Victoria seen through the eyes of the locals]
- Melbourne's West [Melbourne's Western Suburbs]
- Camera-Phone Pics: Take One A Day: For Health! † [self explanatory really]
- iPhone Camera Group † [self explanatory really]
- Beaches all over the world * [see note below]
- Neofinder [created in 2023, this is a small fledgling group that may never take off. Neofinder is a great application for organising your photos ]
- Australian Postcode & Geotaging †[ a group about geo-locations with a focus on Australian postcodes]
- J.G.Ballard † [a group that draws its influence from the dark noir futuristic novels of JG Ballard]
- Six Word Story † [this group is inspired by the Hemingway story that was six words long
- Fish and Chip shops †[self explanatory really]
- 10+ Years [ for members who signed up between 2004 & 2014 ]
- Things covered in that blue tarpaulin [self explanatory really]
- Concrete Canvas [this group is about the way concrete although grey and utilitarian can be quite beautiful when the right kind of light strikes it]
- Victoria's big infrastructure projects [self explanatory really]
- Blown Out † [all about blown out or over exposed highlights ]
- Dead Sexy † [not what it sounds like on the surface, the object depicted needs to not be human and yet still exciting to look at ]
- Self Portrait without reference to body † [ self portraiture with no faces or bodies ]
- Purge Valhalla † [a voting game one of many on Flickr ]
- misleading tags † [ tags are a feature that help keep Flickr interesting searchable and vibrant, they can also be used to game the system including the explore algorithm ]
- The Vault AKA the Yellow Peril [ Melbourne's Vault Sculpture ]
- Bunjil [ Melbourne's Bunjil sculpture and surrounds ]
- KeyChainCams †[ key chain cameras are small and their pictures have a unique and distinct look, they also break easily ]
- A bit like behind the Gare St.Lazarre [inspired by the famous Henri Cartier-Bresson Picture of the same name
- Fast Fictions § [ instagram pictures that bend the truth ]
- DBOLRL: RIP JAKEY IT SEEMED LIKE JUST YESTERDAY ˜
- verd, verda, vert/ \groen, green, grün † [ is it green? ]
- phenomenally intense creators [ these are work related groups, when I was a full time educator]
All groups I created and administer except where noted, see below.
† A group I became an admin of, after its creation.
§ These groups for a variety of reasons may be dead, and I mostly did not set them up.
* This is a group with almost as many admins as members and often sees hilarious exchanges in the discussion section
˜ This was for many years the centre of my activity on flickr. It's demise was brought on by Facebook and the death of a key member, reflected in its current title. There are several sub groups that formed part of the larger joke and where many friendships were formed as well as feuds slugged out.
Some of these groups are "private" and you may not be able to access or see them.