# Foundphotos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680 "2016-02-10T04:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/1 "2016-02-10T04:08:20Z")
[http://www.foundphotos.net/](http://www.foundphotos.net/) Anyone else been to this site? > [@](#): > > The Found Photos project started in 2004 while searching for mp3’s using a filesharing program. After downloading a folder of mp3’s, I came across a folder named ‘pictures’ inside of the mp3 folder and found a handful of digital camera photos. This made me wonder what else was out there, what people are publicly sharing. After a few quick keyword searches I came across thousands of them being shared publicly. The Found Photos Archives consist of my filtered view from thousands of images downloaded via peer to peer filesharing networks. Basically a TON of pics of random people/things, a lot of WTF? and a few NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/2 "2016-02-10T09:04:31Z")
It is a new one for me. It reminds me of one of my sisters when we were teens. On Sunday afternoons I would buy out complete yard sales. After cleaning & fixing the resalable items I would sell them at a twice monthly flea market. I was amazed by all of the old photos I got. They did not sell at all. One day she was messing around & put them in some photo diaries I had that also would not sell. She make up captions to fit the pictures. Those books sold! We made a deal that I would give her the photos & the photo diaries, she would make up captions, install the photos, & I would sell them. We split the proceeds 50/50. We both made money & she had fun doing it. Win-win. I wonder if that would work today. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/3 "2016-02-11T05:29:26Z")
The downside of digital photo: 1000 years from now, on any planet, a life form can look at a negative and tell what it is. A chip/stick/whatever may never be deciphered. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/4 "2016-02-11T07:18:02Z")
Never saw it before and doubt I’ll go back. Nothing against it, I just didn’t find it very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/5 "2016-02-11T13:49:03Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > The downside of digital photo: > > 1000 years from now, on any planet, a life form can look at a negative and tell what it is. > A chip/stick/whatever may never be deciphered. That is already a problem today in medical records. Doctor’s handwritten notes survive forever, but a great deal of medical records, in the lifetime of a patient, are irretrievable because devices no longer exists to read them. Think of your eight-tracks collection… ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/6 "2016-02-13T20:16:53Z")
I hadn’t heard of that site, but I do a similar thing myself, when I’m bored, or looking for inspiration. Just go to a Google image search, and enter a file name randomly generated by a digital camera. For example, DSCN0258 for a Nikon or IMG\_5698 for a Canon or P0000222 for a Panasonic. You get lots of random photos from around the web! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foundphotos/745680/7 "2016-02-15T01:39:00Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > [http://www.foundphotos.net/](http://www.foundphotos.net/) > Anyone else been to this site? > > Basically a TON of pics of random people/things, a lot of WTF? and a few NSFW. I have never heard of it before but I love it. I love ephemera so much–this will be a big time sink for me!