Flickr, one of the first Web-based social networks dedicated to photography, today_launched a new program recognizing_emerging young photographers. Flickr 20under20 focuses on Flickr’s teenage photographers and rewards the top 20. The new program is designed to support and promote what Flickr sees as the up-and-coming photography community of the future. It’s also a recognition that_photographers are getting younger and that digital photography has effectively removed the barriers to visual experimentation. “Some 15 to 20 years ago, to explore photography you had to be older, you had to have money to experiment, to buy a decent_camera and the photography process was...
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