5 Years. Spirit of the time.

Hello.

Five. Years. Running. That mark has been reached. Unlike the previous years, I won't focus on the last year, but the spirit of the last five years of this thing we call 75.

Firstly, I will start internally.  There are 256 'graphers who have blessed us with over 15,280 photographs that we viewed 5,234,261 times; we showed our love of their work 52,424 times and we put that in words 96,096 times — I suppose it is true that a photograph is a thousand words, huh. Officially we collaborated on 7 themes, but before it was automated we had at least 4-5 themes a year.

In the 5 years we have seen the world through their eyes, we have become friends, lovers and business partners. Moved from amateurs to professional photographers, no doubt 'bout that. We have exhibited collectively and individually ±6 times (my memory is failing me on the exact number). Showcased in multiple mediums (radio, print, online, award thingy-magics and I think tv, but I can't remember).

Before I get into the analytical data, what is absolutely true is this:

all these moments were created solely because of the 'graphers — love and respect.

And,

mad love for every single person that comes here and enjoys the artwork.

With that, emo moment, here is the analytic data of the last 5 years:

Where is everybody from:

1. All most everywhere except: South Sudan, Gabon, Chad, Morocco, Liberia, Guinea,Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
2. This is Africa! Then Europe, Americas, Asia and Oceania in that order.
3. In Africa: South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Ghana, Lesotho, Senegal, Egypt and Nigeria.
4. In South Africa: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Rosebank, Sandton, Auckland Park, Pretoria, Bramley, Randburg and Claremont.
5. Worldwide the packing order is: South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, Mozambique, Denmark, Norway, Canada, Netherlands and Germany.

The numbers are:

1. 11 minutes spent daily;
2. Mostly on Tuesdays;
3. 8am to 4pm are very busy
4. 8 pages viewed per visit;
5. 38% new visits on average.
6. Browsers are Firefox, Internet Explorer then Safari.
7. Mobile visitors (started growing from Jan 2010): Apple, BlackBerry then Android.

The most used tags are, in order of usage (corrected)

johannesburg, cape town, light, sky, sunset, clouds, reflection, alexandra, newtown, black and white, love, portrait, people, township, girl

The popular cameras:

1. Canon EOS 450D,
2. Nikon D100,
3. Nikon D90,
4. Fujifilm FinePix S5800 S800,
5. Nokia N95
6. Ricoh Caplio GX100,
7. Nikon D5000,
8. Fujifilm FinePix S5700 S700,
9. Nikon D3000,
10. Nikon D80

That should do it — I had extracted all the pixels on each photograph, sometime last year so I can compile a "more photographic" visualisation. I am still on it. (famous last words, huh?)

Word — to pushing more pixels.

1ove, you.