1/ OK, the Seize The Memes of Production contest winners have been picked. My algorithm was going down the list in chronological order, seeing if I laughed and seeing if I thought the person likely owned the copyright
2/ I am going to post each winner in the thread below. If you are the artist, please confirm in reply that: a) it is your work, b) you release under CC0) and c) your ETH address and 0.10ETH is coming your way.
This will be a relatively shorter thread. I do not claim to be an expert on this topic, but there are more projects and more people in DMs on this topic, so wanted to share some initial thoughts
2/ This thread is not directed at established NFT or offchain photographers.
They are fine, going to have massive audiences and distribution and will do very well.
This is for those trying to get established.
3/ Let's start with the general concept that NFTs and their ecosystem (OpenSea, Foundation, SuperRare) give photographers (as with all artists) a vastly vastly better distribution and demand aggregation system.
Are we GMI? Are we NGMI? Are we WAGMI? What does Making It mean?
I present below the 6529 GMI Framework (tm, all rights reserved, (c) 2021, 😂)
Frameworks are just a tool. None are 'right'. This is just how I think about it.
2/ Level 1: Crushed by Circumstances
Refugees in Syria. Drought in Eritrea. Civil War in Congo.
Unfortunately billions of our co-travelers in life don't even have the faintest opportunity to make it, due to circumstances outside their control, namely where they were born
3/ Level 1 presents an existential problem for 6529.
Thousands of little kids will die today as we play with JPGs because they don't have access to a $0.50 pill, bringing endless agony to their parents and cutting their dreams short.