SmugMug, Flickr establish foundation to preserve photography

GaryPageau ,

Online photography platform Flickr, which is owned by SmugMug, has announced the establishment of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit called The Flickr Foundation – an attempt to preserve cultural and historical legacies within the medium and practice of photography. So far, the foundation has been directly funded by SmugMug and Flickr

The Flickr Foundation aims to share a collection of world-renowned photography and culturally significant images, creating an online resource, with the express goal of preserving photography for the next few hundred years. The foundation will develop programs in four areas of cultural preservation: Flickr Commons, content mobility, creative archiving, and fostering new curators.

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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.