'The Disposable Memory Project is a global photography experiment.
Since April 2008, we’ve been leaving disposable cameras in public locations around the world. Each camera contains a message, inviting its finder to pick up the camera, take some photos and then pass it on. At the end of its journey, the camera is returned home, and we upload the photos to share with its followers.
In the three years since that first camera, people across the globe have taken part, either through finding an existing camera, or creating a new one to introduce into the project. We’ve visited over 75 countries, released over 410 cameras, and travelled over 500,000 miles – that’s to the moon and back.
Of those 410 cameras, we’ve had 30 return home, with amazing images, stories and journeys, all of which you can see here.
Our project is not commercial, doesn’t aim to make any money, and has no goal other than wanting to get cameras into as many hands as possible, in order to see what stories are captured on their film.'
I love this idea, the idea of the unknown. The idea of what you will find if you recieve the camera back. In a similar sense it is similar to my idea as I won't know what will be depicted in the photographs. I don't know whether the cameras will be given back to me in time. I can only hope! When you take something out of your hands and put it into someone else's that's when it gets complicated. It isn't down to you anymore, its down to them. Its their choice. And that's what I'm interested in - their choice. How they want the image to be seen!
I chose a selection of the many images that they had on their site. I tried to take the images of people as I felt that they related most to my project.
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