Anonymity; and the Internet.
Explored #1 on 6th of July
Ran into a couple of Anonymous with Guy Fawkes-masks the other day and ended up taking some pictures of them, I'll post more pictures later, so this is an appetizer of what's to come :)
The guys told me that they are hackers on steroids, fighting/protesting organizations such as the cult of scientology. They gave me an demonstration of their computer systems, which I managed to take a snapshot of without them noticing. It said Unitex 1103 on the box, but I can't find information about it anywhere, I believe it must be some sort of top secret prototype internet hate machine.
Strobist info: Reflective umbrella and AF-500fgz camera left. Sun
behind model right.
Camera: Pentax K10d with DA*50-135/2.8, PT04-CN triggers.
Comments and faves
kyle is raaddd, Diane A.B., Dbennison, aha42 | tehaha, and 118 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Dbennison (47 months ago | reply)
HAHA 4Chan for the win, :D
Great shot, this would have been way to much fun to take pictures of!
nagaina (47 months ago | reply)
Looks great man!
n0_mad (47 months ago | reply)
this good one ;)
Arthur Anker (47 months ago | reply)
love the movie !!
Stian Eikeland (47 months ago | reply)
Thanks :)
aha42 | tehaha (47 months ago | reply)
Is this for real? Cool! Scientology however I think is best fought with sub machine guns...
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ola & henriette (47 months ago | reply)
"some sort of top secret prototype internet hate machine."
Fix'd.
Jonathan Pike (47 months ago | reply)
It's completely awesome that you just randomly bump into people like this! Some photographers have all the luck!
Len Langevin (47 months ago | reply)
Love it!
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I'm Flickring (47 months ago | reply)
Surreal!
Morten Hoff (47 months ago | reply)
Good thing you had your camera handy when you stumbled upon him ;-)
Stian Eikeland (47 months ago | reply)
Morten: Never leave home without it and a full strobist kit! :)
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shanghaimike (47 months ago | reply)
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Long snow flake (47 months ago | reply)
The fact computer is powered just shows dedication to quality pics :)
JackLabel (47 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fauna Urbana, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
mendhak (47 months ago | reply)
You found hackers *wearing suits*? Something's not right here...
sveinmb (47 months ago | reply)
You have to wear a suit if you're using a Unitex. Anything else would just be blasphemic.
st.hanshaugenkru (47 months ago | reply)
Gratulerer med Explore!
Thanks for your act of random kindness...really appreciate it!
Ha en fin dag :)
Rolf Andreas (47 months ago | reply)
Stilig bilde!!
Bra komposisjon, og liker veldig godt den gamle PCen! Men aller mest Whiskey-glasset :)
Gratulerer med Explore!
Teemu R (47 months ago | reply)
Great compo and well executed light!
ViaMoi (47 months ago | reply)
Haha, this was open on my monitor when you were checking out my pics.
I had to make lunch and then I saw you stopped in.
I like this mask series and especially this one for the amazing outside setup and results.
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anmoyunos (47 months ago | reply)
Amazing.
Mike Southern (43 months ago | reply)
Brilliant image, great humour!
Blindingsun1 (39 months ago | reply)
trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls
rule 34
romanorlovblog (38 months ago | reply)
«It is a very nice picture, may I use it at my SEO blog?»
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Stian Eikeland (38 months ago | reply)
Sure, just link back here :)
This photo was invited and added to the Global Photojournalism; Politics, News, Protest, and Culture group.
KJ' (31 months ago | reply)
Cool shot! :-D
Helena Amor (30 months ago | reply)
very interesting
invisible consequential (30 months ago | reply)
Excellent. Thanks for sharing with Creative Commons. I paired this with an article by Peter Singer on WikiLeaks and the Possibility of Open Diplomacy. www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/innovations/d ata/000182
The Blackbird (29 months ago | reply)
I walked by the Scientology building on Hastings Street in Vancouver about an hour ago. They're still offering the free personality test, at least 25 years now. A casually dressed, middle aged man sat in a chair outside the door. Our eyes met as I approached. I smiled and said, "Business looks slow." He replied, "Enjoy your evening." I winked at him and said, "Gotta love WikiLeaks."
JC-Matt (28 months ago | reply)
This image is used at www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/fbi-anonymo us/ (http://www.webcitation.org/5w9e94wnq) , which makes me wonder: did Wired get permission? Wired is a commercial enterprise, so particular permission would be needed from the photographer, as this is tagged CC-BY-NC-SA (unless the permissions were changed at some point from something more permissive.)
OTOH, policyinnovations.org's use is fine; it's part of a 501(c)3.
Stian Eikeland, what's up?
blackigloo (27 months ago | reply)
you really lucked out that time, running into them like that! Great picture!
Jon Cassidy (16 months ago | reply)
I love this work I'm going to use it on my blog in a mention to Anonymous the hacking group. Of course I'm keeping to your CC 2.0 and thank you!