Woophy

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Initial release	1998
Natural language(s)	English
Genre	Photo sharing
Website	woophy

Woophy (World of photography) is a photo sharing website and an online community where members can put their photos on a world map. Founded in 1998 by Joris van Hoytema, Hoyte van Hoytema and Marcel Geenevasen, the site has more than 23,000 members and contains around 355,000 photos from 28,000 cities and villages in the world. Most of the uploaded pictures are from surroundings, buildings, nature and problems in the world.^{[citation needed]}

The website has different features, for example a monthly photo competition with a the end of the year a big finale. Woophy also has an active forum where photographers discuss their photo's in a critical way.