Photographer behind 'Bliss' Windows XP Wallpaper, enters smartphone arena

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(Apologies if shit loads of adverts in the link, I have an ad-blocker)

I'm sure we all know the story of the guy who took the photo for the Windows XP original desktop background wallpaper, which is considered the most viewed photo ever.

Lufthansa bizarrely asked him to do a batch of wallpapers for smartphones, of which the high res versions can be downloaded from the above link.

Maroon Bells (Colorado)

Peek-A-Boo Slot (Utah)

White Pocket (Arizona)

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I'm sure we all know the story of the guy who took the photo for the Windows XP original desktop background wallpaper, which is considered the most viewed photo ever.

The green hill one? I saw a picture of it on fire recently on Twitter.

 

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The green hill one? I saw a picture of it on fire recently on Twitter.

Fake news.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Fake news.

I took it as symbolic of the death of XP.

 

[abe11825]

I had to Google the image... I liked XP but vaguely remembered the background picture until I searched it. I didn't know it had a name! That's actually kind of neat how he became famous for the image, but at the same time, "what took him so long" to get into the smartphone arena?

 

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I had to Google the image... I liked XP but vaguely remembered the background picture until I searched it. I didn't know it had a name! That's actually kind of neat how he became famous for the image, but at the same time, "what took him so long" to get into the smartphone arena?

Probably because no one was paying him to do it! Although 'Bliss' wasn't taken for the intention of being a desktop background. Microsoft picked it, and probably didn't pay very much for it! Although it's never been disclosed. All we do know is

O'Rear does point out that the original print was valued too highly for regular shipping services like FedEx to be willing carry it … but the courier's current maximum declared value for packages containing photos clocks in at a whopping $1,000, not counting for inflation.