A girl 'Disaster girl' who smiles in front of a burning house sells original material photos as NFT for 50 million yen
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'Disaster Girl, ' a girl who smiles eerily against the backdrop of a house surrounded by huge flames and a fire brigade working hard to extinguish the fire, is widely known as an internet meme. This Disaster Girl, Zoe Ross , sold the original photo data as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $ 500,000.
The World Knows Her as'Disaster Girl.' She Just Made $ 500,000 Off the Meme. --The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/arts/disaster-girl-meme-nft.html
'Disaster girl' sells meme as NFT for $ 500,000 --Axios
https://www.axios.com/disaster-girl-meme-nft-500000-c712dbdb-64f0-4d96-9202-f69963a84c89.html
'Disaster Girl' has sold her popular meme as an NFT for $ 500,000 --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/29/22410070/disaster-girl-popular-meme-nft-500000-dollars
The original photo of 'Disaster Girl' was taken by amateur photographer Ross's father in January 2005 at a fire scene near Ross's home in North Carolina. Ross's father uploaded this photo to the image hosting service Zoomr in 2007 under the title 'Fire Starter'.
After that, in 2008, the photo magazine 'JPG Magazine' selected 'Fire Starter' for the 2008 photo competition, and Disaster Girl became known all over the world, and a large number of collage images were created. It was.
You can see what kind of collage image was actually made by watching the following movie.
Disaster Girl-YouTube
Mr. Ross, who had a meaningful smile at the scene of the fire, was 21 years old at the time of writing the article and is studying peace, war and defense at the University of North Carolina.
Know Your Meme, a site that organizes Internet memes, interviewed Mr. Ross in December 2020. In the interview, Mr. Ross replied, 'It feels very strange to say that everyone who knows has seen my picture on SNS etc.'
'My parents were always calm about the internet of childhood photos, and we knew it was out of control,' Ross said in an interview. So I didn't care at all. Of course some people use my photos in ways I don't tolerate, but I and my parents told me that my face was an internet meme. I know that it doesn't always reflect my opinion. '
In an interview with The New York Times, Ross said, 'We will sell the original photo data as an NFT and use the sales to repay student loans and donate to charities.'
The NFT for 'Fire Starter' was purchased from 3rd floor Music, a music studio based in Dubai. 3F Music also purchased the NFT for the Internet meme 'Overly Attached Girlfriend ' for $ 411,000 and the New York Times column NFT for $ 560,000. I will.
3F Music told The New York Times, 'Our management must not only drive their business, but grow in line with the technological movements that support the artist and art markets. We are always affiliated with highly knowledgeable and experienced art advisors. '
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