valoorie’s rec (wish I could re rec with pic.. had to make separate post) reminded me of this piece I saw at the Museum of Contemporary Photography here in Chicago called 8,146,774 Suns from Flickr (Partial) by Penelope Umbrico. She created this artwork in 2010 by searching for "sunset" on Flickr, selecting images from over 8 million results.
Here is a quote from her about it: "I thought it peculiar that the sun, the quintessential giver of life and warmth, constant in our lives, symbol of enlightenment, spirituality, eternity, all things unreachable and ephemeral, omnipotent provider of optimism and vitamin D ... and so ubiquitously photographed, is now subsumed to the internet — this warm singular object made multiple in the electronic space of the web, and viewed within the cool light of the screen”
and here is a picture of my friend Katie (my sun) standing in front of it:
