Friday, April 6, 2012

Ridiculously Photogenic Guy Zeddie Little Takes Over the Social Interwebs

The modern internet and its giant web of powerful, interconnected social networks can make just about anyone world famous, almost overnight. That's exactly what has happened to Zeddie Little, the Ridiculously Photogenic Guy and star of one of the hottest memes to ever hit the interwebs.

Mr. Little is a New Yorker who's originally from South Carolina. He was just minding his own business, running in a 10K race (the Cooper River Bridge Run) on March 31st in his home state when amateur photographer William King took his photo and posted it on social photo sharing site Flickr. According to King:
"The reason I picked him out to focus in on was because I could see him weaving through the crowd looking pretty excited whereas many others around him were already exhausted by that point... I did have to tweak the photo just a little [to get the intended effect]."
King later posted the photo on the social new sharing site Reddit with the caption "Ridiculously Photogenic Guy." From there it exploded onto the other social networks and turned Zeddie Little into an internet sensation in a matter of hours. Just a few days later his face has been seen my tens of millions of people all over the planet.

Did we mention that the social internet is kinda powerful?

The great and ironic part of the whole thing: Mr. Little is trying to start a career in public relations in the NYC music scene. We're pretty sure he'll have a few more doors open to him now that he's internet famous!

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