It is just amazing that a lot of photo web 2.0 sites have come into existence but Flickr is still going very strong. It has been successful in bringing creativity and talent from all over the world into a single destination where anyone can view and appreciate.

I want to point to one such artist- Shrikrishna Pundoor, whose photographs on Flickr are amazing. This particular photograph, which reflects the mood & energy of Diwali, a big festive occasion in India is amazing just for the amount of detail he has been able to capture. Shrikrishna is an Engineering Manager by profession and his hobby of ‘photography’ would have been hidden, if not for Flickr.

It also brings one more feature of Flickr into discussion, which has not been discussed much- “Public/Private” switch. Previous photo sites always had photographs uploaded as “Private”. Flickr brought this switch into focus and perhaps paved way for web 2.0 revolution.

The World is Flat because of sites like Flickr