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The popular windows Xp wallpaper by Charles O'rear, also termed as the
world most viewed photograph. Charles O'Rear (born 1941) is an
American photographer best known for his photos of wine country and
the image Bliss [1] that was used as a default wallpaper in Windows
XP. During the 1970s, he contributed to
the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project. O'Rear
photographed for National Geographic Magazine for more than 25 years.
He began his focus on
wine making in 1978 as an assignment
to photograph the Napa Valley. Afterwards, he moved to Napa
Valley and began photographing
wine production around the world. To date, O'Rear has provided
photographs for seven wine books. O'Rear's photograph of the rolling
hills of Sonoma County, titled Bliss, was used as a standard wallpaper
in Windows XP and as part
of the Microsoft Corporation US $200 million advertising campaign, Yes
you can. The image is also
available as one of the many image
options on Capital One credit cards, and has been subject to many
parodies. O'Rear has also taken photographs
for Bill Gates' private Seattle stock photography company Corbis.