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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
It may not be as well known as the Mona Lisa, but Charles O'Rear's photo, Bliss, may have been viewed as many times, if not more. Published in 2002, the photo got most of its distribution as the default desktop wallpaper for Microsoft's Windows XP's "Luna" theme. O'Rear snapped the photo while he was on a break from another assignment in California's Napa Valley. O'Rear, a former National Geographic staffer, didn't disclose what Microsoft paid for rights to the photo, but O'Rear has said it's "extraordinary". He told Fairfax Media, publisher of this report, that he would be "in deep trouble" if he revealed the price. Long acknowledged for its exposure across the globe, the photo drew attention once again on Monday when a photo blog claimed the audience for the photo had reached 1 billion. The entry got wide circulation on Google+. However, O'Rear told Mashable that the 1 billion figure "has always been a guesstimate". However, "all the folks I talk with agree it is the most 'recognisable' photo ever", he said. "
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