Flickr has been revealed the most popular photos in 2017. In this year, billions of photos were uploaded by photographers from around the world on this photo-sharing site and today, they curated 25 best photos from their photo directory.
“To reach this final list, we started with an algorithm that calculated the top photos based on a number of social and engagement metrics, for example, how many times the photo was viewed, faved, or shared. Flickr staff curated that raw data to avoid the results being a complete popularity contest. We also limited selections to one photo per photographer who placed in the top list multiple times.”
The most popular photographer this year was Iwona Podlasińska, a mother of two boys based in Kielce, Poland. Her photo (shown above) titled “Say Goodbye…” was the most popular photo of 2017.
“A huge part of my photos is very spontaneous, but some are planned,” Podlasińska writes in the caption. “Planning photos with kids is something different than with models. There is a story they need to understand and like to be willing to contribute. They can’t fake emotion. You will see on their faces and in their body language exactly how they felt when the photo was taken. I need them to feel good and feel the atmosphere. They need to believe in magic when we go shooting.”
Here is the full collection of the top 25 Flickr photos of 2017.
#1
“Say Goodbye…” by Iwona Podlasinska
#2
“The Elephant Walks At Night” by Wayne Pinkston
#3
“Light of Glory” by Icemanphotos
#4
“Slipping Away” by Jerry Fryer
#5
“Finally” by ” Nils Stefan Püschel
#6
“Mi Fuego“ by Albert Dros
#7
“Red Squirrel“ by Gladys Klip
#8
“Stairway To Heaven“ by Koen Jacobs
#9
#10
“Big and Bigger“ by Chris Frank
#11
“Milky Way Over Harvey Dam, Western Australia” by inefekt69
#12
“Mont Saint-Michel puddle mirrored” by Loïc Lagarde
#13
“Braving the Weather“ by Max Gor
#14
“Oh oooooh!“ by Salah Baazizi
#15
“Vestrahorn Islande“ by RUFF Etienne
#16
“Aurora borealis“ by Jonathan Le Borgne
#17
“Solitude“ by Ania Tuzel Photography
#18
“Hallstatt Residential“ by Hans-Peter Deutsch
#19
“Lion City“ by Alexander Lauterbach
#20
“Flow“ by Paul
#21
“Winter Fairytale“ by Achim Thomae
#22
“An Attempt To Convey Cold“ by Brad Eide
#23
“Epiphany“ by Sapna Reddy
#24
“Melancholia“ by Alicja Zmysłowska
#25
“Lookkk Deeeply Into My Eyes….“ by Earl Reinink
