“MySpace Tom” became a photographer after selling MySpace, and he’s darn good
May 15, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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You must remember the recognizable photo of a smiling man named Tom, who was your no. 1 friend on MySpace. In 2005, News Corporation bought MySpace for the incredible $580 million, and in 2009 Tom left the company. Even if you haven’t been wondering what on earth he is doing now, you’ll still find the answer interesting – he’s turned to photography.
“MySpace Tom,” or Tom Anderson as he’s known in the real world, discovered his passion for photography shortly after retiring. From 2011, he’s been traveling the world and taking photos that are truly stunning!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTYG6h8l23k/
With MySpace, Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe invented the concept of social networks in 2003 (now I feel old). In 2006, they were included on TIME Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people. The network has undergone many changes since then, and a lot of the users switched to Facebook. Tom abandoned MySpace in 2009, and with more than decent earnings from the sale, he dedicated his time to traveling and photography. Here are some of his photos:
As a former MySpace user, I find it really fun to see that the first person I ever had on a social network friends list became a photographer. According to his website, his photos have appeared in many magazines, newspapers and websites, and I can see why. I think he found a good way to invest his money, as he certainly knows how to enjoy and how to capture it on camera. If you’d like to explore more of his work, make sure to check out his Instagram.
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Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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16 responses to ““MySpace Tom” became a photographer after selling MySpace, and he’s darn good”
Wonderful shots!!!
I follow him on Instagram, he is amazing
nice
No argument about that. His pictures are excellent. Just saying, plenty of people around with that much talent stuck with taking pictures in their backyard or as far as they can go on a bicycle on a Saturday afternoon after the grocery shopping, taking their kids to football practice, not to mention 5 days of sweating it out on a factory floor…
Very good. He can, however, afford to go to the cool spots and hang out as long as he wants to get the shots. Some of us have to work a little harder ;)
Interesting :p
If you have enough money…
the one thing he had to learn, was how to take good pictures (and edit them). Congrats on that. The possibility to take those stunning pictures gave him the money of a virtual company that even doesn’t exist anymore. Internet bubble anyone?
He’s doing exactly what I’d be doing, if I had as much time and money on my hands.
me too lol
sheesh … assuming time & money are why he takes good photos.
i mean … if i’m a millionaire and take crappy photos … i’m just a rich crappy photographer! ?
These are gorgeous!
At least the ones here comes from his Instagram. There is another website showing his photos but most of them are actually Trey Ratcliff
Its amazing what people call darn good
looks darn good to me.
Very nice!!!