Thursday, 29 May 2025

Flickr in Focus 🌦️ May

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This Earth Month, we celebrated Flickr's big year of conservation—from supporting national monument designations to protecting Alaska's D-1 lands. We also renewed our Climate Neutral Certification and joined 1% for the Planet, all inspired by our passionate global photography community.

Announcing Flickr's Black Women Photographers 2025 grant recipient.

The winner of this year's Black Women Photographer grant is Montreal-based portrait and documentary photographer Eleonore Menga! Feast your eyes on her gorgeous and deserving work as well as the work of our runner-ups.

16 questions 1 photo with Sapna Reddy.

Nature and landscape photographer and physician Sapna Reddy is happiest when chasing light in wild places around the world. Read about how she got this stunning shot of the Northern Lights in Iceland – spoiler alert, there's a waterfall and a rainbow, too.

Service update: Original and large-size download limitations on free accounts.

On May 15, Flickr started limiting downloads of original and large-size images for free accounts to prevent misuse and protect platform integrity. For more information, read the blog, and as always, reach out to the Help desk with any questions or concerns.

Celebrate each other with Photographer of the Month!

Don't forget to nominate your favorite photographers for our new Photographer of the Month series—a monthly spotlight on the incredible talent across Flickr. June's theme is Black and White Photography, so if someone's work has caught your eye, now's the time to lift them up! Check out our FAQs to see how to get involved.

Photographer spotlight with Emma K Alexandra.

Washington, D.C.-based photographer Emma K Alexandra never was sure if her work fit into a specific genre, but lately, she's been comfortable calling most of it street photography. Don't miss her surreal captures of life around the country's capitol and beyond.

ICYMI: Flickr news and updates April 2025.

As of May 15, we have restricted downloads of original and large images owned by free accounts. We improved the Camera Finder tool, announced our Black Women Photographers grant recipient, and selected our first Photographer of the Month!

Explore Takeover: The Four Elements.

This month, explore all that our planet has to offer: wildlife, cityscapes, plants and bugs, faces, places and spaces. Travel the world with this beautiful and eclectic collection of earth, fire, air, and water.

Photo 1 by Bureau of Land Management , Photo 2 by Eleonore Menga, Photo 3 by Sapna Reddy, Photo 5 by Pavan Chavda, Photo 6 by Emma K Alexandra, Photo 8 by Daniel Burton

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Monday, 19 May 2025

Big news for CC users: Version 4.0 is coming to Flickr!

A long-awaited upgrade!

Creative Commons 4.0 arriving soon to Flickr.

Hi Long Sleeve Kemeja Kasual,

This June, Flickr is rolling out support for version 4.0 of the Creative Commons license suite – the most global, legally robust licenses produced by CC yet.

Here's what's in it for you:

If your account defaults to one of the six Creative Commons 2.0 licenses, we'll automatically upgrade it to 4.0 for all your future uploads. Easy peasy—no clicks required.
Your existing photos with CC 2.0 licenses? They'll stay just as they are unless you decide to update them.
Prefer other license types or dedication tools? Not to worry—those won't be affected by this change.

Creative Commons 4.0 brings clearer terms, better international usability, and more flexibility for creators like you. We're excited to support a stronger, smarter future for open sharing on Flickr.

Got questions? Our Support Heroes are here to help.

Keep creating.

- The Flickr Team