{"id":1931,"date":"2021-06-23T07:07:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/23\/nfts-and-me-meet-the-people-trying-to-sell-their-memes-for-millions\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T07:07:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:07:44","slug":"nfts-and-me-meet-the-people-trying-to-sell-their-memes-for-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/23\/nfts-and-me-meet-the-people-trying-to-sell-their-memes-for-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"NFTs and me: meet the people trying to sell their memes for millions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once, people who owned viral photos made little money from them. Now, the \u2018original\u2019 can potentially sell for an enormous sum. But are buyers savvy investors \u2013 or unwitting dupes?<\/p>\n

The photographer Jeff McCurry\u2019s favourite Harambe memes<\/a> are the ones where the dead gorilla is in heaven, Photoshopped alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, Tupac and Muhammad Ali. \u201cIt\u2019s like: wow<\/em>,\u201d says McCurry. \u201cWhat greater spot can you be placed in? Harambe\u2019s at the top of the hill, waiting to meet you there.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCurry took the photograph of the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla that went on to become a meme. In it, Harambe kneels, projecting a fearsome aura of strength, nobility and calm. A former volunteer photographer at Cincinnati zoo, McCurry was there on 28 May 2016, the fateful day a three-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla\u2019s enclosure, forcing zookeepers to shoot Harambe dead. \u201cIt didn\u2019t seem real at first,\u201d says McCurry, who was a regular visitor to the zoo. \u201cWhen any of your friends die, it\u2019s hard to process. I was in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nOnce, people who owned viral photos made little money from them. Now, the \u2018original\u2019 can potentially sell for an enormous sum. But are buyers savvy investors \u2013 or unwitting dupes?
\nThe photographer Jeff McCurry\u2019s favourite Harambe memes are the ones where the dead gorilla is in heaven, Photoshopped alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, Tupac and Muhammad Ali. \u201cIt\u2019s like: wow,\u201d says McCurry. \u201cWhat greater spot can you be placed in? Harambe\u2019s at the top of the hill, waiting to meet you there.\u201d
\nMcCurry took the photograph of the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla that went on to become a meme. In it, Harambe kneels, projecting a fearsome aura of strength, nobility and calm. A former volunteer photographer at Cincinnati zoo, McCurry was there on 28 May 2016, the fateful day a three-year-old boy climbed into the gorilla\u2019s enclosure, forcing zookeepers to shoot Harambe dead. \u201cIt didn\u2019t seem real at first,\u201d says McCurry, who was a regular visitor to the zoo. \u201cWhen any of your friends die, it\u2019s hard to process. I was in shock.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once, people who owned viral photos made little money from them. Now, the \u2018original\u2019 can potentially sell for an enormous sum. But are buyers savvy investors \u2013 or unwitting dupes? The photographer Jeff McCurry\u2019s favourite Harambe memes are the ones where the dead gorilla is in heaven, Photoshopped alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, Tupac and …<\/p>\n

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