The very soul of this project is its combination of your photos and detailed information about what you have shot and who you are…
On this one single day we ask you to pick up your camera and help us photograph daily life. What is close to you? What matters to you? We will connect your images to images from all around the world, creating a unique online experience where photographs will be shared, compared and explored. Your view on life will be preserved to inspire generations to come.
Our mission is to use the power of photography to create, share and inspire perspectives on daily life – today and tomorrow.
Source: ADAY.org – Picture Today Inspire Tomorrow.
Fellow MatadorU student and blogger, Laura Cook, mentioned this project in a recent post. I have to thank her as well as the initiators of this project, Swedish non-profit foundation Expressions of Humankind, for inspiring me to take out the camera on this rainy day in New York. I would have ordinarily left it at home from fear of getting it too wet – and from the inconvenience of balancing it with an umbrella – but in committing to this project I recalled the words:
If we only walk on sunny days, we’ll never reach our destination ~ Paulo Coehlo
I am glad I persevered; giving up is too easy.
NB: The photos must be taken on May 15 and fall into one of three categories: Home, Work, or Community. Each category has a subcategory which I have tagged below my photos. A maximum of 10 photos is allowed and “all images will be displayed online.. for everyone to explore. Some of them will be selected for a book, A Day In the World, to be published in October 2012; others shown in exhibitions, either printed or digital. Every single one will be saved for future research and inspiration.” See more info here: http://www.aday.org
I hope you enjoy my interpretative contributions! PS The photos always look better when clicked on and enlarged.
HOME
My husband’s music studio takes up a large proportion of our loft; the amount of pleasure music making gives him makes the space sacrifice worth it. He’s released over 150 tracks that you can listen to here: http://www.sirenumrecords.com
Sub Category: Relaxing, Working, Studying, Living, Storing
Our wedding cake toppers, photos, and various other momentos. These hold many dear memories and are displayed in our main living area.
Sub Categories: Treasure, Room
A photo filled wall at home, along with a framed pressed flower and some travel memorabilia. I love to collect mini snow globes from our adventures.
Sub Category: My Wall, Treasure
WORK
One of the many shelves housing my writing, travel, and photography resources. I love books and in our home, they will never be completely replaced by technology.
Sub category: Tools
An orchestrated mess of my school course notes, article drafts, newspapers, and magazines. This is pretty organised for me; I have a thing for stacking things in order on the floor before filing.
Sub Categories: Tools, My Job, Purpose
COMMUNITY
Facebook keeps me in touch across the miles. I know it has been called ‘the biggest time waster’ but how else would I see my friends’ babies growing up all over the world? In addition, I like to pop in daily and say hello to some of my close friends located across different time zones.
Sub Categories: Generations, Community, Technology, Leisure, Identity, Society
A coffee a day keeps the sleep doctor away. This is one of the smoothest americano coffees I have had in a while. Beans: Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Taken at Momofuku Milk Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Sub Categories: Society, Community, Leisure, Natural Elements
Williamsburg is defined by its art community. This is a new find – a piece of history against contemporary street art.
Sub Categories: Generations, Identity, Community
My attempt to document a Bikram Yoga class without the sweat. This ceiling vista is a regular sight during the last 30 minutes of class – the floor series. Heating panels frame a very-welcome overhead fan.Taken at Bikram Yoga Williamsburg.
Sub Categories: Leisure, Community, Energy
A postcard is always nice to collect in the mail; receiving correspondence from loved ones makes the day brighter. This postcard was from my sister, telling me how much she has fallen in love with London.
Sub Categories: Generations, Care
That’s it; that makes ten images from today!
Marina Chetner 