April Fools Joke. Since it’s over I thought I’d let you know first.
The NY Times has the details on the reported 25 Million dollar deal that would move her entire collection to Flickr with a Creative Commons License (!).
I grabbed a couple screen shots but the place is absolutely mobbed with people. I was able to drop a “nice one” on the picture of the queen tho.
Link to her Flickr page (here).
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LOL, nice one. Got me 100% until I hit the link.
Thanks for the laugh.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:05 am ¶What are the rights on Disney Bullshit 1?
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:12 am ¶That was great!!! LOL
wonderful post, made my day!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:15 am ¶Not even for a nano-second
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:20 am ¶Best joke so far this year–well done!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:22 am ¶If three people hadn’t already jerked my chain this morning (and Christ, it’s only 8:15), I’d have fallen for that click-through…
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:24 am ¶My jaw dropped. Nice!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:28 am ¶……………..
Damn Dude, you got me!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:28 am ¶HaH! Very nice!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:30 am ¶almost had me! (i saw Disney Bullshit 1 before hitting the link though)
NICE ONE!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:41 am ¶WOW…was I confused!!! HaHa! U got me.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:46 am ¶Wow, I need some coffee! Nice work on those screenshots!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:48 am ¶I just knew straight up that this had to be an April Fool joke…
Nice ..
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:49 am ¶Great Job! 1st joke of the day for me.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:51 am ¶Hilarious! Good job on that one!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:59 am ¶My first thought was (correct) it’s an April Fool’s joke .
M ysecond thought was She’s got a pretty good head for business, so maybe.
And my third thought was “How many of her famous photos isshe actually the sole copyright owner of?”
Answer: Almost none.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 7:59 am ¶Funny, my travel agent sent me an email this AM saying that the Queen was turning part of Buckingham Palace into an upmarket hotel. Do you think there may be a connection?
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:17 am ¶Clive
You really busted me good on this one!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:19 am ¶Hook, line and sinker…
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:23 am ¶Awesome capture!! Nice bokeh!!
I *sniffed* out this picture and think it’s a TROPHY WINNER!!
Please add the tag “TrophyQueen” to add your picture to the Trophy Winning Pictures of the Queen Pool.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:24 am ¶Mate! Your F**kin Good!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:31 am ¶Haha, I was completely had! I was about to spread the word on another forum; when I went to copy the link, I felt like a fool.
That was a good one; I was utterly stunned saying “twenty. five. million. dollars…?” quite slowly!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:33 am ¶It appears that Annie has gotten over the Flickr stigma. This reported on Tuesday, April the 1st…Perhaps the Avedon library will be next years signee;)
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:36 am ¶hahaha - thanks for this, and congratulations - you were the first to get me today.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:50 am ¶you are so awesome rob, thanks for the laugh!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:52 am ¶… a really great one - sent it to all in my mail account … very funny …
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:55 am ¶Michael
Oh, you so nailed me!
Good one.
Ed
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:08 am ¶My first thought was, “So much for the Flickr stigma.” Then I was perplexed as to how someone worth 25 million misspells ‘ballet’. Then I just got depressed thinking, “Shouldn’t someone worth 25 million at least have the good sense to hire someone who could spell ballet for them?” Then I read the posts, laughed out loud and realized, I’m an idiot. Thanks, Rob.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:10 am ¶A+++, beautiful composition and DOF.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:25 am ¶So, so funny. This is why April Fool’s Day should be a national holiday.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:46 am ¶First joke of the day for me and it worked for about 11 seconds. Good stuff.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:46 am ¶“Vanity Fair Crap,” “Disney Bullshit”: those titles are way too honest.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:57 am ¶Nice try. Her account doesn’t even say “pro” on it. Plus, she would most likely have her comments for photos turned off.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 9:58 am ¶That was mean! The “Vanity Fair Crap” started to make me wonder, didn’t even get to the “Disney Bullshit” until after I clicked through. Nice. You got Andy too!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:00 am ¶Damn funny!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:10 am ¶Oh, you mean you didn’t see Steven Klein’s flickr page, too?
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:13 am ¶only perhaps for a millisecond… even with my own little warning on my blog you, almost got me. need more coffee.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:15 am ¶ha, you got me.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:22 am ¶Yeah. Got me. I giggled and then went to look for it in the news at Google. After I couldn’t find it, I remembered what day it was.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:22 am ¶D’oh!
Hook…. line…. and sinker. =P
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:39 am ¶Wow, you even gave her a thumbnail photo instead of that little digital smiley face! If I hadn’t just spent the morning turning my kids milk green and stuffing their shoes with newspaper, I would have fallen for it too.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:45 am ¶I’ll believe anything frankly, and did…apt use of Leibovitz as the gags vehicle - and the photo captions, nicely done.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 10:52 am ¶Which two images are in the free promo?
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:00 am ¶reminds me of the experiment where cartier-bresson’s work was put up on flickr without his name and people said things like “it’s a little blurry” or “too grainy”. was hilarious and summed up what i hate about flickr.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:02 am ¶Started laughing before I finished reading the title. Awesome.
Nice capture Annie. You are invited to the a1 picture group. You get a gold star.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:05 am ¶HAH! You got me, I clicked on the link… Made me laugh a lot though, at my own stupidity for believing it!
*steve
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:32 am ¶Makes me think that APE stands for “Agency to Prevent Evil” from Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp, right?
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:37 am ¶Damn! Thats the second time today! I HATE April fools!!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:52 am ¶I enjoyed the titles of her work the most. you really *do* know your flickr!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:53 am ¶Would have been rad if it were true.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:55 am ¶You totally got alot of people I am sure..
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 12:12 pm ¶you had me too.. for a minute..
good gag!
awesome. Love the “Disney Bullshit” image titles in your doctored screenshots. Almost had me
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 12:29 pm ¶LOL That would be the day.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 12:30 pm ¶Nice work Rob
Apparently other famous photographers from the past have followed as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22000693@N07/
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 12:38 pm ¶It’s a shame… I received the post by mail and the link is written on the bottom of the mail. I would have clicked if I didn’t read the link address first!
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 12:59 pm ¶Your April Fools day joke continues to suck.
http://www.dashes.com/anil/2008/03/your-april-fools-day-joke-continues-to-suck.html
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 2:20 pm ¶I love stuff like this because it’s a good joke that actually could maybe happen, especially in this day and age. As always, money talks. $25M in a lump sum, I think there are many photographers who would be willing to transfer rights from a business POV.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 2:33 pm ¶Don’t you have some pictures to edit or something?
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 2:51 pm ¶Wow that is a good one….
better than mine.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 3:31 pm ¶lol. my first reaction was “What the F***!?! Are you kidding me?!?” until I saw the comments about April Fools… Good one.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 3:38 pm ¶wow. i seriously need to start looking at the calendar earlier in the day. hook, line and sinker.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 3:57 pm ¶haha. Nice one APE. In other not-so-funny news, Newsweek implodes:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04012008/business/buyout_exodus_104532.htm
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 4:11 pm ¶You’re a baaaaaad man!
Ya got me.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 5:25 pm ¶very nice! totally made my morning. My connection was slow and I was looking at the wikipedia url thinking “This is so cool!! But why is this pointing to an article on April Fools?” …
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 8:57 pm ¶I was had! And to think, I was only 27 minutes away from surviving April Fool’s without falling for any of the countless lame jokes I encountered.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:35 pm ¶Massively over-hyped photographer.
25 million? For what exactly?
Apparently there is more than one born every minute.
Posted 01 Apr 2008 at 11:59 pm ¶Suckers!
Posted 02 Apr 2008 at 12:00 am ¶Dang it. It’s April 2nd, and i still fell for it. I was like, strange, i’ll add her as my friend. Wait, why am i at Wikipedia. Oh, this article is about April Fools. D’oh! Will = owned.
Posted 02 Apr 2008 at 12:36 pm ¶u got me and it´s not even 1st april:)
Posted 02 Apr 2008 at 1:03 pm ¶Seriously, best april fools you coulda come up with.
Posted 04 Apr 2008 at 12:58 pm ¶the links goes to an April Fools!
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