![]() ![]() ![]() Within 24 hours, the post received over 15,400 up votes and 880 comments. On the following day, Redditor bk553 submitted a post titled “I present: Ridiculously Photogenic Syrian Rebel Fighter” to the /r/pics subreddit, which featured the Hamra photograph. #Fotogenic photo editor freeAmong them was a photograph of a Free Syrian Army fighter carrying a rocket propelled grenade launcher, taken near Idlib, Syria on June 15th, 2012. On August 14th, 2012, The Atlantic published an article titled “Syria, ‘on the Verge of Collapse’”, which highlighted several photographs taken by Associated Press photographer Khalil Hamra. On April 9th, the IBITimes posted a follow-up article featuring posts from a Zeddie Little Tumblr blog which provided answers to questions asked by Little's fans. The tweet has since been removed and the authenticity of the Twitter account remains in question. On April 8th, the IBITimes published an article quoting a tweet by Little's brother Grayson, which claimed that the Twitter account was inauthentic. So I made a twitter to make it easier to talk to all of you! x In the following days, social media accounts purporting to be Zeddie Little were created including a "Zeddie Little" Facebook page, and the Twitter account. On April 5th, The Daily Mail reported that they spoke with Little’s father, who revealed that his son was in a committed relationship of five years and was seeking a job in the public relations industry in New York. The article went on to claim that they were looking for Little in order to conduct an interview about his newfound Internet fame. The day after the image was posted to Reddit, the man in the photo was identified as 25-year-old New York resident Zeddie Little by the Charleston City Paper. As of April 4th, 2012, the Quickmeme page has accumulated over 1,000 submissions and a Facebook page for "Mr Ridiculously Photogenic Guy" has received over 25 likes. #Fotogenic photo editor seriesSeveral hours later, MSN posted about the series of advice animal memes inspired by the photo. ![]()
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