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November 04, 2006
On Tuesday in America, take a (legal) photo of your polling place and contribute it to a public archive of images of democracy in action. That's the Polling Place Photo Project. Jay Rosen has got a good post about it, as does William Drenttel. Something cool or even inspiring might emerge.
Yes, this could be done simply by agreeing on a unique tag at Flickr, but perhaps the organizers are reluctant to cast their lot with any one photo site. [Tags: elections democracy photos flickr] Posted
by D. Weinberger at November 4, 2006 09:03 AM |
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And, for all you muckrakers out there, please share images of those last-minute campaign mailers on Flickr also.
Windshields of cars near a church near you should have some excellent samples today.
I just found a totally sleazy one from NH and Flickred it with the tag election2006. Please join me in helping the national press put together the pieces of what's being snuck out on us at the last minute.
Here's my first contribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsythedevine/289318147/
Posted by: Betsy Devine | November 5, 2006 08:09 AM
Yes, this could have been done at Flickr, and we reached out to them to collaborate and heard nothing back. Ultimately, tags are not the same as data. We wanted to know zip code, time of day, length of time waiting, etc. A basic data set offers a better way to research photos than random tags.
This said, we're happy if all the photos are ultimately uploaded in Flickr as well -- this is a wonderful aspect of an open-source project.
William Drenttel
pollingplacephotoproject.org
Posted by: William Drenttel | November 5, 2006 04:30 PM
"On Tuesday in America, take a (legal) photo of your polling place and contribute it to a public archive of images of democracy in action."
Wouldn't that get you into trouble with the law?
Posted by: Branko Collin | November 6, 2006 06:18 AM