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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

The inauguration in pictures seen and unseen

The inauguration of President Obama must have been one of the most photographed single events ever, partly because most of us can now take as many snaps as we like, without charge. There are already more than 55,000 photos tagged "inauguration" on Flickr. And as Kevin has noted below, in several respects it broke new ground.

However, the best collection of inauguration images I've seen so far is the one assembled by The Boston Globe's Big Picture section. It includes Google's GeoEye Satellite image, and some taken in other parts of the world of people, perhaps watching the event on TV or, in Afghanistan, a notebook PC.

But there's one set of pictures I'd really love to see: he ones taken by Obama's daughter Malia. The New York Times did a short piece on her, A New Photographer in the White House, saying: "Her camera of choice (on this day) appeared to be a grape-colored $150 Kodak EasyShare M893."

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