In 2006 David Shankbone began taking photographs.
Having received a digital camera as a gift and having little previous experience with cameras and no formal training he began what he has come to call an 'on-going artwork.’
Taking photographs from his immediate surroundings, he uploaded the images to illustrate and contribute to the still young and often un-illustrated website – Wikipedia. Each image was submitted under creative commons licensing allowing anybody use of the images for any purpose, free. Asking only for the image to be credited to him.
By 2012, Wikipedia was an established canon of collaborated information from around the world and over 5000 of these articles in more than 200 different languages contained photographs by the user: David Shankbone.
David Shankbone can be cited as one of the most influential photographers of the digital age. A feat recognised by his inclusion in an exhibition in the Museum of New York (USA,) an interview with photographer Billy Name in Bomb Magazine and even through Wikipedia among many others.
This website documents the complete digital archive of David Shankbone's oeuvre of images submitted to accompany Wikipedia articles from 2006 - Present.
It has been compiled to accompany the series of 12 exhibitions of the work of David Shankbone taking place simultaneously between June 15th - 26th, 2016 in a variety of venues around the world entitled 'The empire on which the sun never sets.'
Compiled and created by Jamie Green, 2016.
www.jamiegreen.net
Having received a digital camera as a gift and having little previous experience with cameras and no formal training he began what he has come to call an 'on-going artwork.’
Taking photographs from his immediate surroundings, he uploaded the images to illustrate and contribute to the still young and often un-illustrated website – Wikipedia. Each image was submitted under creative commons licensing allowing anybody use of the images for any purpose, free. Asking only for the image to be credited to him.
By 2012, Wikipedia was an established canon of collaborated information from around the world and over 5000 of these articles in more than 200 different languages contained photographs by the user: David Shankbone.
David Shankbone can be cited as one of the most influential photographers of the digital age. A feat recognised by his inclusion in an exhibition in the Museum of New York (USA,) an interview with photographer Billy Name in Bomb Magazine and even through Wikipedia among many others.
This website documents the complete digital archive of David Shankbone's oeuvre of images submitted to accompany Wikipedia articles from 2006 - Present.
It has been compiled to accompany the series of 12 exhibitions of the work of David Shankbone taking place simultaneously between June 15th - 26th, 2016 in a variety of venues around the world entitled 'The empire on which the sun never sets.'
Compiled and created by Jamie Green, 2016.
www.jamiegreen.net
