The Stolen Scream

Some five years ago, Israeli expat Noam Galai posted a series of five photos of himself screaming on Flickr. Since then, those photos have been reproduced hundreds of times in various forms of media across ~40 countries including Iran, where his face was used as a symbol of civil unrest in anti-government protests.

The kicker? Galai had no clue this was going on.

“Artists like their work to be published and seen by as many people as possible… it’s another way to publish my work. It’s not me publishing it, but other people publish my work for me.”