whatsthatpicture's photostream  

My real passion is photography. I take my own photographs - mainly plants and portraits - but increasingly my Flickr photostream is made up of my vintage photograph collection.

What I do
By day ... I work in London, in an office, behind a computer, managing a website, but in a place with flowers, beautiful landscapes, and more heritage than you can possibly imagine. It does give me the chance to play with Flickr professionally too, but I spend most working hours yearning to get out there with the camera and truly appreciate what is just beyond the office door.
In my own time... I collect vintage photographs, and share them on Flickr for all to see, to enjoy, and hopefully to identify. I am also slowly developing my What's That Picture? website and you can follow me on Twitter - @PhotosOfThePast

What I want to do
What I would love is a job that combines my passion for vintage photography and social history with my skills, experience and vision in creating engaging websites - if you're reading this and are hiring, give me a shout!

What I do on Flickr
In any spare time I might have left I love sharing my photos and participating in the whole vintage photograph community on Flickr and I run several groups, of which the most notable are ...

Vintage Photographs (pre-1945) [Directory]
If you're going to go anywhere, go here. It's a 'meta-group' with a listing of all the vintage photograph groups I have ever encountered on Flickr, arranged by categories. Something for everyone!

Geotagged : Vintage photographs
A single place in which to find, and map, all the geotagged vintage images on Flickr. Help to create a historic photographic map of the world.

Vintage Dated Photographs
A single place in which we can create a timeline of vintage photographs and photography. The group uniquely combines images from personal collectors through to major instituional collections in one place.
- See the interactive timeline from the Vintage Dated Photographs group
- I've also created a timeline of all pre-1900 Flickr Commons images



What's that picture?
A place to unravel mysteries. I have a personal fascination for mystery vintage photographs, and if you have any of your own I would encourage you to add them to this group. Who knows, if you get them identified you can then move them on to the Astonishing Power of Flickr group, where you can see some great examples of Flickr photos that have been located, dated, named, and all sorts of other information discovered about them!

And finally, here are some of what other users deem to be my best bits