Photos of Locations Where Geotagged Tweets Were Sent

Creeper

The photograph above shows the location where the following Tweet was posted:

Love hiding in the back at work because I have a 35 year old creeper. #scared #help

It’s one of the photos in a project titled Geolocation: tributes to the Data stream, by photographers Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman. Each image in the series shows the location were a particular geotagged Twitter Tweet was posted.

Larson and Shindelman simply found various Tweets through random Twitter updates using the publicly-available GPS data attached to the message. They write,

Each of these photographs is taken on the site of the update and paired with the originating text. We imagine ourselves as virtual flâneurs, ethnographers of the Internet, exploring cities 140 characters at a time through the lives of others.

With over 340 million tweets and 800 million Facebook status updates per day, there is a new level of digital noise […] Our act of making a photograph anchors and
memorializes online data while examining the expectations of privacy surrounding social networks.

The entire project includes over 250 photos captured in the United States and the UK, from the East Coast to the West Coast, and various cities in between.

Amy is Dying  @HighlandHospital
Amy is Dying  @HighlandHospital
Tell me I'm not making a mistake. Tell me you’re worth the wait. #fb
Tell me I’m not making a mistake. Tell me you’re worth the wait. #fb
If i make it through this flight without vomiting, i swear to the Mayans i'll be a better person from now on.
If i make it through this flight without vomiting, i swear to the Mayans i’ll be a better person from now on.
Love sitting at work seeing multiple groups of soldiers coming home for the holidays. No one deserves it more than them
Love sitting at work seeing multiple groups of soldiers coming home for the holidays. No one deserves it more than them
Well. I just got laid off. Despite the raise, I had a sneaking suspicion there was no money. And yep, I was right. I knew something was off.
Well. I just got laid off. Despite the raise, I had a sneaking suspicion there was no money. And yep, I was right. I knew something was off.
Cars are nothing but money pigs #hateit #waitingsucks #impoor
Cars are nothing but money pigs #hateit #waitingsucks #impoor
Two years ago today I lost my Dad...time sure flies! I miss you Dad. #RIP
Two years ago today I lost my Dad…time sure flies! I miss you Dad. #RIP
i just put on that location thing for Twitter. i'm not sure how i feel about it though.
i just put on that location thing for Twitter. i’m not sure how i feel about it though.

I wonder if I can leave work early since my boss not here lol ... hmmm ...<- bubble cloud "hmmmm"
I wonder if I can leave work early since my boss not here lol … hmmm …<- bubble cloud "hmmmm"[/caption] [caption id="attachment_100081" align="aligncenter" width="620"]Mark 3:1-6. What's Jesus want to whisper in your ear tonight? Mark 3:1-6. What’s Jesus want to whisper in your ear tonight?

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.  It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.Love it!!!
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.Love it!!!
Pretty sure I just heard a gun shot lol
Pretty sure I just heard a gun shot lol
#HowToKeepARelationshipWithMe don't hide our relationship
#HowToKeepARelationshipWithMe don’t hide our relationship

You can find more photos from this series over on the photographers’ website.

Geolocation by Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman (via Wired)


Image credits: Photographs by Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman and used with permission

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