[RPF's own!] Gage Skidmore: How one teenager gives the GOP its Flickr close-up

[MRoCkEd]

YOU DON’T KNOW HIM, BUT YOU’VE SEEN HIS WORK: The rise of Creative Commons has leveled the playing field for bloggers, giving many the opportunity to illustrate stories with free-to-use images that are at times comparable to wire photos. But the quality varies, and it’s rare to find someone sharing high-quality pictures consistently — but Gage Skidmore pulls it off. The 18-year-old photographer, who shoots celebrities and conservative politicians largely as a hobby, has uploaded nearly 9,000 photos to Flickr since early 2008, and thanks to favorable licensing, finds his photos of famous and important people in use all over the Web — including such sites as MSNBC, Fox News, The Atlantic and Mashable. What drives his work? Click here to see his take on the matter: http://shortformblog.com/post/20353327732/gage-skidmore-gop-photographer-creative-commons

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[V3n]

Excellent!! Let's hear it for Gage! Woo-hoo!! :D

[angelatc]

This is absolutely cool. Congrats Gage!

[Phil]

AWESOME!! Nice Gage :D

[asurfaholic]

Really cool! Glad to see such positive recognition for your work!

[Athan]

Congrats man!

[TruthisTreason]

Nice!

[CaptainAmerica]

somebody buy that kid a taco bell burrito

[DerailingDaTrain]

somebody buy that kid a taco bell burrito

Come on we can do better than that...throw in a taco.

[AdamT]

Yes!

[MRoCkEd]

BUMP

[Sola_Fide]

+ rep for Gage!

[kill the banks]

WoW

[Gage]

Thanks for posting it here ;).

[sailingaway]

Ha! got here after Gage so I could + rep him....

[AGRP]

Why go to college when he could keep doing it for the next 4 years? The chances of him making a good connection and landing a nice job is very good. Gage, please rethink your next four years.

[MelissaWV]

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[Nirvikalpa]

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+rep to Gage!