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New! Research Report on Data Lifeboat

Please enjoy our write-up of the co-design workshops we ran last year with preservation experts, archivists, librarians, academics, and technologists on the viability of Data Lifeboat

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Flow chart outlining the lifecycle of a digital image from creation to publishing to sharing on flickr.com to preservation

Accessible Archives: our strategy for the next three years

Find out more about how we are centering our work on the digital image lifecycle, from creation to preservation

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Announcing Digital Daybook

How do we set up with a legible resilient archive of ourselves?

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Happy 17th, Flickr Commons!

Our flagship program, Flickr Commons, turns 17 years old today!

There's a lot to celebrate

Welcoming our first 2025 Research Fellows

Emily Fitzgerald & Molly Sherman are joining us as our first research fellow pair to continue development of their Reproductive Reproductions project.

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A Phoenix in Paris: Data Lifeboats for User-Generated Histories

The case for citizen-driven collections in enhancing our understanding of contemporary events.

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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

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Our Data Lifeboat workshops are complete

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

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Flickr Commons is growing again!

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

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“Flickr.com is a Gathering of Memory”

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

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Happy World Photography Day!

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

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Huzzah! New grant from the Mellon Foundation

We're thrilled to join the fold of organizations connected with and supported by the Mellon Foundation.

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On the way to 100 years of Flickr

A report on archival strategies by Ashley Kelleher Skjøtt.

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Welcome, Prakash!

Prakash Krishnan (he/him) is an artist-researcher and cultural worker, and joins us on a research fellowship in 2024.

Meet Prakash

Data Lifeboat Update 3: Legal stuff, workflow, and a day out.

Learning about physical lifeboat design, starting legal framework with C.A.R.E.

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