Friday, January 16, 2009
A Year of Evenings
"We live 3191 miles apart as the car drives..." This is the basic premise of the photographic journey taking place on 3191. Two women, living on opposite sides of the United States each take one photo a day and then they put them together. After a year of mornings, they began a year of evenings. I love the poetic idea of visually combining items worlds apart and the beauty of the pictures will speak for themselves.
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Wow. I'm amazed at how well the photographs work with each other. I especially like the last two. I'm definitely going to check their site out!
what a positively stunning idea. i love this.
It's a nice idea :)
Great photos! You really have an eye for what makes a great photograph. Many of those are simple things we see every day, but maybe don't pay much attention to. Fabulous!
omg amazing idea i love it, thanks for sharing
Lovely idea, lovely photos.
The photos do really work well together. I'm impresseds if it's a coinsidence! My favourites are the one with speed 25, the one with the snow and the one with the carrots. Anyhow, the idea of combining two lifes in pictures are fantastic.
oh, cool concept.
PS: that photo is a famous NYC deli coffee cup - I'm going to New York City hahaha sorry for making my hint so ambiguous ;)
this is an awesome idea...i should try this with someone...would be interesting!
this is really neat.
Yum, carrots!
As the items on one of the pictures are often similar to it's 'twin', I was wondering if they were picking out photos that fit together, or if it was the ones they had taken the days? The idea is so special, and so great when put out in real life!
J
That's really wonderful. The concept is amazing.
I love the concept :) It's a great way to stay connected with someone.
I love the simplicity. My favorites are the one of the radishes and the flowers, I love the common purple color.
beautiful pictures, inspiring concept, in so many ways...
Love this concept - I need to start thinking and dreaming more. Actually less thinking, more dreaming...my creative juices likes things like this.
This is a grat idea, and the pics are amazing, love them.
The contrast is brilliant.
I was looking a few posts down and I must say your tasseled shoes are AMAZING.
that is a great idea! i was thinking of taking a picture of something every day for a year but i totally forgot about that. this just reminded me i should do that! =)
I love this! Simple as that.
despite how different the items fotographed are they are still cohesive.
How cool! Where did you hear about this?
If Lauren and I ever live in different cities (I would hate that) we could do something like this!
oh wow, absolutely fantastic!
This has a really melancholy beauty to it. Many of the photographs feel like a private moment, that perfect time when you're alone in your thoughts, even if only for a second. Thanks for sharing.
YOu really do dig up the most intriguing art/photos. Thank you!x
Wow, what an amazing idea! Beautiful!
What a wonderful idea! Already I'm amazed at how all these blogs break down the barriers of geography, time and space. And now to have it done in this way is so profound to me. I would love to do this with someone else. Or even a group of people. Thoughts?
great!love those photos;)
~iqa from the chiccas.blogspot.com
Once I saw a blog that was entirely pictures of abandoned clothing that someone found lying around in Chicago. As random and mundane as that was, I think it was more creative and possibly less pointless than this.
that is such a beautiful project. where do you find all these wonderful things?
it's quite lovely indeed
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LOVELY.AMAZING.GREAT.pictures:)
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What a beautiful idea.. interesting how they compliment each other everyday
That's a great idea ! I would love to do that..The pictures are beautiful !
interestin!
xx-LJ from SOS!
Such a great idea!
thanks for introducing us to the site, amasing pictures! i love how they capture the two separate worlds of these two women but are still quite similar.
I know! I adore the project (and I loved the mornings one too). Definitely so poetic... The beauty in life is in small things, non?
@Anonymous, clearly I don't agree with you. What's pointless about connecting people who live far from each other through shared images? And honestly pictures of "found" items is not a new idea, there's tons of websites dedicated to that.
I didn't say the "found" blog was new. My point was that it seemed to have a theme, and this other blog does not. I think its significance is overblown--a book? Who would buy a book of someone's kitchen garbage and why? I think it's an interesting question. Perhaps quite a few people think kitchen garbage is art. I think it could be, but there doesn't seem to be anything unique about these photos. That's my analysis and appraisal of the "project," and I thought it would be interesting to post a dissenting opinion. Thanks for the opportunity. By the way, I think your pictures are great, but let's not get carried away by everything that is out there in blogworld. I thought the "found" blog was silly too, and only slightly more creative and purposeful, which was my point.
@Anonymous, I think I see your point better now.
I guess what I find "unique" about this project is the sense of connection. It's not so much how or what they photograph, but the fact that they put to opposite worlds together.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to further explain your opinion. I agree with you more now.
Thank you so much for your understanding, TCH. I didn't mean the comment as a slight to you at all, although having a bad headache today, maybe it came out that way. I love your work; I can tell you put a lot of thought and care into it. 8-D
I definitely don't think this blog is less pointless than abandoned clothing in Chicago. This is about a human connection between two women across an entire country. I think it's beautiful and very relevant.
i love these snapshots. thanks for your input on my blog banner; i changed it again for the [much] better.
But isn't referring to an ordinary shot of a telephone pole paired with another random mediocre photo as a "diptych" a bit on the affected side? I mean really, google "diptych;" it's an artistic genre. I think there are truly artistic and thoughtful photographers and artists who deserve more attention than this gimmick does. Gotta hand it to 'em in the promotional aspect, though! Take random pictures of cruddy radish tops and get on Martha Stewart and a favorable review in the New York Times! Especially when so many hard-working artists go un-noticed.
It is not the point of their project to make beautiful photos that could rival Ansel Adams' or Diane Arbus' if that's the type you prefer. The point is purely conceptual and I think it has at least as much merit as Chicago's abandoned clothing. It is a human story, like the clothing, and it is told in small snapshots of real people's lives, even the ugly parts. They aren't trying to be "Artists", they are trying to appreciate life, the small moments of it.
Oh, I agree it's in the same ballpark as the abandoned clothing blog, as you pointed out. But they aren't "diptychs," which is how the "photographers" themselves describe them. We could quibble about the definition of diptych, but I think it implies a rather lofty opinion of what are some really bad quality photos. It's an interesting discussion, though.
@Anonymous(es),
I'm really curious about how passionate some of your responses to these two women are...is there any particular reason? Do you just think the quality is poor...or is there anything else? Maybe you feel they're pretentious...?
Honestly, I'm just very intrigued at how strong reactions to their photographs are.
Well, I'll try to explain. I'm not a photographer, and don't know them. It just struck me how prevalent this is in our society. People get so excited about things without really evaluating and thinking. That's fine to a point, but when it's something really important, having a lack of critical thinking and focus can have a negative result personally and societally. That's not the case here, obviously; it's harmless. But in the broader sense, I think it's an important skill: to evaluate rationally and think critically. I'm a little wary of the lemming effect. You are very wise and bright to ask the deeper questions, which is why I enjoy your blog.
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