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Pictures of the explosions were posted in greater numbers and with greater speed than they had seen in other major events
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The attacks were not the first recorded by witnesses with cell phone and other digital cameras. Online experts like operators of photography sites and photography agencies said the pictures of the explosions were posted in greater numbers and with greater speed than they had seen in other major events.
Not only has the technology for taking the photographs become more widespread in the last few years, the experts said, but posting photographs has also become easier.
Flickr, a site owned by Yahoo that lets people post photographs free, had more than 300 bombing photos posted within eight hours after the attacks.
The site had 7,000 photos from the intercontinental Live 8 concerts on Saturday, and the co-founder of the site, Caterina Fake, said it expected many more from the London attacks in a few days. "These are people who are in the crowds being rushed out of the train station," Fake said. "All of these sort of like man-in-the-street experiences are very compelling, and they're very moving."
One frequently posted image was of a young man who covered his mouth with a cloth after his train had stopped and filled with smoke. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, one of the sites that posted the photo, identified the photographer as Adam Stacey and said he and others in the subway had escaped by smashing train windows. Mr. Stacey, the Web site said, was fine other than suffering smoke inhalation.
Moblog.co.uk, which also posted the photo, said yesterday that it had been viewed 36,300 times.
Photos posted by witnesses of disasters and important events proliferated last year after the Asian tsunami disaster, said Kurt Pitzer, a spokesman for World Picture News, which represents professional and amateur photographers. It posted about 40 messages by 11 a.m. Thursday offering to represent photographers with London photos. Within two hours, World Picture News had heard from 10 to 15 photographers, Pitzer said.
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Online photos proliferate after London blasts | CNET News.com
The attacks were not the first recorded by witnesses with cell phone and other digital cameras. Online experts like operators of photography sites and photography agencies said the pictures of the explosions were posted in greater numbers and with greater speed than they had seen in other major events.
Not only has the technology for taking the photographs become more widespread in the last few years, the experts said, but posting photographs has also become easier.
Flickr, a site owned by Yahoo that lets people post photographs free, had more than 300 bombing photos posted within eight hours after the attacks.
The site had 7,000 photos from the intercontinental Live 8 concerts on Saturday, and the co-founder of the site, Caterina Fake, said it expected many more from the London attacks in a few days. "These are people who are in the crowds being rushed out of the train station," Fake said. "All of these sort of like man-in-the-street experiences are very compelling, and they're very moving."
One frequently posted image was of a young man who covered his mouth with a cloth after his train had stopped and filled with smoke. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, one of the sites that posted the photo, identified the photographer as Adam Stacey and said he and others in the subway had escaped by smashing train windows. Mr. Stacey, the Web site said, was fine other than suffering smoke inhalation.
Moblog.co.uk, which also posted the photo, said yesterday that it had been viewed 36,300 times.
Photos posted by witnesses of disasters and important events proliferated last year after the Asian tsunami disaster, said Kurt Pitzer, a spokesman for World Picture News, which represents professional and amateur photographers. It posted about 40 messages by 11 a.m. Thursday offering to represent photographers with London photos. Within two hours, World Picture News had heard from 10 to 15 photographers, Pitzer said.
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Online photos proliferate after London blasts | CNET News.com
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