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Getting started with Four Corners

An open standard for how images carry their story — shifting photographers into authors, and viewers into engaged readers.

From request to published

  1. 1
    Request an account
    Visit four-corners.thetechmargin.com and submit an access request. Four Corners is an invite-gated beta.
  2. 2
    Receive a sign-in link
    After approval (usually within an hour) you'll get an email with a link to sign in.
  3. 3
    Land in the editor
    The editor is your home page after logging in — it's where you build a project.
  4. 4
    Upload an image or video
    Drop a file, upload, or pick from your library. The corner icons on the preview jump you to each section.
  5. 5
    Fill your corners
    Add as much or as little as you like across one or more corners — there is no minimum.
  6. 6
    Save & name
    Save your project and give it a name; a shareable URL slug is derived automatically.
  7. 7
    Preview & publish
    Preview the gallery view, then publish to the public gallery when you're ready.
  8. 8
    View & share
    View your work in the gallery and share it via its URL or the share link in the gallery list.

The four corners

Every project is built around four corners. Fill as much or as little as you like — there is no minimum.

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Context
Upper-Left
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Links
Upper-Right
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Backstory
Lower-Left
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Authorship
Lower-Right
↖ContextRelated Imagery

Companion photographs, sequences, diptychs, archival images, and related visual material attached directly to the project.

↗LinksExternal References

Curated links to articles, investigations, data reports, and institutional sources that explain why the image matters.

↙BackstoryThe Photographer's Voice

The photographer's first-person narrative — written or voice — about the circumstances of capture, the relationship to the subject, and the intent behind the frame.

↘AuthorshipEthics & Rights

Author bio, credit and license, collaborators, code-of-ethics declaration, software/staging disclosure, and informed-consent type.

Browsing the gallery

No account is needed to browse. Anyone can view published work in the public gallery, open a project to see its primary image, and explore each of its four corners by clicking the corner icons on the photograph. Every published project has its own shareable URL, and a share link is available from the gallery list view.

Looking for the full field-by-field reference? Open the comprehensive creator guide → (sign-in required).
Using a keyboard or screen reader? Read the accessibility guide →