South of the Ohio: A Queer Photo Doc
Featured photographer Christian Hendricks is embarking on a photo project documenting Queer culture in the American South. Learn more about the project and help chip in a few bucks on the project’s kickstarter, and keep up to date with the project’s tumblr page too.
sirbayard asked: Is Marisa Mayer crazy. This site is cool but a bb
Wait, what? Yahoo just acquired tumblr and we already have to answer to Marissa?..
SOURCE: Forbes.com
This is all kinds of scary. Yahoo are obsessed with acquisitions of sites that execute services better as a way of getting you to use their product. The death sentence that was handed to Flickr through Yahoo’s integration is a prime example of how fast things can go a-wry in a simple business move.
It’s hard to fault David Karp if that number is really true though. A guy that never finished high school to making a billion dollar business deal is difficult to root against but I do hope that he holds up to his word when he discussed the possibility of a buyout in Forbes’ December issue as mentioned in the above source article.
He didn’t want to get “absorbed into a behemoth of another company and raided for talent and traffic.” But he also mentioned being open to “acquisitions that leave the company alone….There are a lot of paths for us.”
Yahoo’s integration strategy is rarely a case of attempting to get their established audience to use their new product, rather the reverse, ill-fated attempts at trying to push their current services on the existing users of a new acquisition.
is this the beginning of the end?
somethingaboutteacups asked: Do you select art from random blogs you come across, or can people submit their art to you?
We’ve got a hard working team doing all sorts of research but we’re always open to submissions as well! We’ve listed instructions on sending us your work on our About page.
Don’t be lame, follow our sister tumblrs for all the awesome art you just can’t live without!
inthenewfrontier (west) southern art (south)* beyond9thave (northeast)
* our southern sister tumblr is still under construction, but once it officially launches you’ll be practically wetting yourself over all the goodies showing up on your dash.
kevinckisling asked: Would you ever consider including Oklahoma in your definition on flyover states?
No. Although there are some cultural similarities to the Midwest we ultimately consider Oklahoma to be a Southern state, which is why we’re including it in a new tumblr for southern art that we’re currently working on. Not sure when that’ll officially launch (hopefully soon!), we still need to make some more posts before that happens.
If you’d like to suggest some Oklahoma artists feel free to send us an email! And since you’re interested in non-Midwestern states, check out our sister blogs for the Northeast and West.
jeremyszopinski asked: Hi, I'm trying to email a submission and it keeps bouncing back. Any suggestions (my message size is 4MB, so I don't think the images are too large)? Thanks, -Jeremy
If you’ve got images on your website that we can drag/download then that shouldn’t be a problem, we can just get them that way. Just send us your basic info, we’ll work our magic.
New Milestone: 20k followers.
Thanks to everyone! Make sure to check out beyond9thave and inthenewfrontier while you’re at it.
Need to find new art? Too lazy to search the archives or directory? Then click our Random button! It’s like reaching into a mystery jar of delicious art flavored candy!
saraeagleton asked: Um, just so you know, "fly-over" as in, "the fly-over states" is a hyphenated compound word. Without the hyphen, it sounds like you're telling people to fly over this art, rather than indicating that it's art that is usually flown over and is, therefore, shall we say, neglected.
good to know. we’ll take up this pressing matter at our next board meeting.
kindest regards,
the staff of fly over art
We’ve officially crossed the 10k+ mark for followers! Thank you everyone and please make sure to like and reblog your favorite artists - that’s the only way we have to get more eyes on all the great work posted here and to hopefully continue to grow the blog. You can also search artists by State/City or Medium.
If you’re an artist and are interested in being featured on fly over art, click on our About page - you’ll find submission instructions there.
And finally, make sure to check out our sister blogs beyond9thave and inthenewfrontier.
peterghoffman asked: I've not seen this blog before - but I dig - and thanks for putting me on your radar. Will be following. Have a wonderful one!
no worries, late to the party still counts as being there in our book. cheers!
jonnyoptimo asked: Nate- Thanks for featuring me. Big, Big fan of your blog. Dan from Chicago. I grew up in Waukesha.;-)
no problem bro, love your work, keep it up!
-nate
