Does anyone know what image was here before it was removed? I wish the attribution link was working!
Update: thanks to the unique filename and unusual size, Mike and I are pretty sure it's this image he found here (and they found here).
Update II: Karen Kurycki clarifies in the comments. Thanks Karen!
Thanks for the detective work. I noticed the removal image and tried a bit of searching but got fed up and stopped, so it’s nice that someone else did dig out the original image, which is fairly ffffound-esque. (A quick thought- I wonder if the tumblr that republishes ffffound still has the original? Yes, it does.)
I’ll certainly be keeping my eyes out for more lost images, though. It’s interesting that they don’t just get quietly deleted. I’ve also noticed that the long-running ad has been replaced by some new ones; is ffffound getting renewed attention from its authors?
Posted by Paul Mison on 12 March 2008 @ 6am
I suspect they’ve decided to try and grow it, apparently their traffic is very high already though, so they may just be taking advantage of that:
http://www.zeldman.com/2008/03/05/lost-ffffound-and-clusterflocked/
Posted by TomC on 12 March 2008 @ 9am
That was actually my work but it had no link back to my original page–it was on someone’s random page without a link back to my work. I was so excited when I saw it posted on ffffound but then when I clicked on the origin it went to someone else’s page. I was just a little freaked out and asked ffffound to switch the link to where the work was originally posted but instead the image was taken down–I wanted it to stay up but now I know it doesn’t work that way. oh well no big deal. The original work can be found on my behance page at:
http://www.behance.net/cmykaren
Posted by Karen Kurycki on 19 March 2008 @ 6pm
Many thanks for the clarification Karen!
I love ffffound but I ffffind it ffffrustrating that there’s no way to fix the attribution links and that people rarely take the time to grab an image from it’s original source. I’m not surprised that artists are finding this frustrating too.
Posted by TomC on 20 March 2008 @ 10am
hahaha–yes deffffinitely ffffrustrating. Someone actually posted another one of my images with the right attribution link today so I guess 1 out of 2 ain’t bad? no?
Posted by Karen Kurycki on 24 March 2008 @ 4pm
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