Faces of Open Sourceis a photography project that allows us to put a face to some of the people who have had the greatest impact on the development of open source.
Linus Torvalds, Ken Thompson, Larry Wall, Doug McIlroy, Guido Van Rossum, Karen Sandler, Dan Geer, Limor Fried … These are the faces of open source , people who have contributed to the development of free software during different eras, who make it easier for us to enjoy current technology and serve as inspiration to other developers.
It's impossible not to remember the late Dennis Ritchie (creator of the C programming language and, along with K. Thompson, Unix), who somehow had to be present in this work. Here are his brothers holding a photograph of him :
Bill and John Ritchie hold a photograph of their late brother Dennis.
Peter Adams is the author of this documentation project, which began in 2014. A photographer, he already had experience with BSD in the 1990s (later with Linux), as well as programming knowledge, which allowed him to work on the design of the first corporate websites.
The series consists of excellent black and white photographs , accompanied by a brief profile of the person in question and technical details of how the snapshot was taken (some in his Silicon Valley studio, others throughout the United States). You can also find them on the author's website, classified by section: UNIX, BSD, Linux, programming languages, X Windows.
In an interesting interview on PILXS.US , Adams explains the choice of black and white for his portraits:
B&W on a white background was a conscious choice from the beginning. Knowing the group, I felt it would be the best way to explore the people and the faces. Each of these faces tells, I think, a very interesting story. I try to bring the person's personality into the photo, and B&W has always been my favorite way to do it. The white background just puts the right emphasis on the person.
This one from David Korn,creator of the Korh Shell (Ksh) is one of my favorites (that shirt is cool!).
David Korn, New York City, 2015.
The images are distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA) for non-commercial use (other uses, please contact the author).
Korn's plans include producing a book to help document this legacy. To achieve this, it will explore various funding options, such as Kickstarter and other types of sponsorships.
But that will be when the series is over, there are still about a dozen people left to photograph.
One of the missing people is Richard Stallman. I don't know the reason for his absence, but perhaps if the project were called Faces of Free Software...
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