Penelope Umbrico "Suns (from Sunsets) from Flickr"'s photostream

This is a project I started when I found 541,795 pictures of sunsets searching the word “sunset” on the Flickr site. I took just the suns from these pictures and made snapshot prints of them. I find it particularly absurd that the sun, the quintessential life giver, constant in our lives, symbol of enlightenment, spirituality, eternity, all things unreachable and ephemeral, omnipotent provider of optimism and vitamin D… and so ubiquitously photographed, is subsumed to the internet, the most virtual of spaces equally infinite but within a closed electrical circuit. Looking into this cool electronic space one finds a virtual window into the natural world.


And for a nice movie: click on the little thumbnail up there on the left, then click on "View as slideshow" on the upper right. (1 sec. per image is best)

A screen saver is available on my website:
www.penelopeumbrico.net/SunBurnScSvr/Installers/ScSvr2.html