The Flickr Foundation, an independent non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the world’s shared visual culture, has announced the beta release of a new archiving tool that is designed to preserve photos and their surrounding social context for 100 years: Data Lifeboat. [Read More]
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A photographer was given special access to a cryogenics facility in Scottsdale, Arizona that preserves over 200 human bodies and heads. [Read More]
Around 50 miles (82 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 220 feet (67 meters) underground, there are roughly 11 million images protected by armed guards. [Read More]
Here’s a 3-minute video by Great Big Story about the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia, a nuclear bunker that was once used by the Feds to house $4 billion worth of gold.