A Coney Island State of Mind -The Brooklyn Museum's use of flickr

The Brooklyn Museum, in conjunction with their current photography exhibition Goodbye Coney Island?, have launched a Flickr group.

Users have been uploading their own photos of Coney Island, both contemporary shots and olders images such as this one from 1975 by Timewitness:



Patrick Amsellem, Associate Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum has written a blog entry about the history of Coney Island rides as a popular subject for photographers, posting many of the fine contributions from Flickr members.

Do you have images of Coney Island you'd like to contribute?

Add your images to the Goodbye Coney Island? pool on Flickr.

Or delve deeper into the Brooklyn Museum's collection of Coney Island photographs via their online collections data.