Wikipedia defines a mashup as "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool." Flickr has an open Application Programming Interface (API for short). This means that anyone can write their own program to present public Flickr data (photos, video, tags, profiles or groups) in new and different ways. There's a long list of API methods available to you to work with.
One such 3rd party site I investigated was Airtight Interactive's Flickr Postcard Browser . This lets you browse Flickr's huge image database, by searching for tags (keywords). Flickr Postcard Browser use the real world metaphor of a set of postcards shuffled onto a surface. The image above is the result of a search for the tag "Dr. Evermore", the local artist who makes large scale sculptures from scrap metal.
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