RESEARCH: DISPOSE

Dispose are doing a similar thing to that of 'The Disposable Memory Project' as they are giving cameras out to people around the world. This is more of a chosen photographer type situation as they are choosing who gets the camera where 'The Disposable Memory Project' are letting the people choose the camera. They have chosen photographers like Alec Soth and musicians like James Murphy but also others that aren't already photographers like a weed dealer and a human rights worker.

'We at Dispose distribute throwaway cameras to a wide range of people living across the world. We ask contributors to document one day in 27 exposures. From the time they wake up to the time they go to sleep, these individuals shoot a minimum of one photo per hour including one self portrait. '

I really love this idea. It is again about the person behind the camera. You are getting an insight to that persons life within those 27 exposures for that day. You don't know anything but that. You can write your own stories behind the images, think about who that person could be. In the case of this website they are giving you an insight into that person for a day, for the 27 exposures that they take but in the case of my project it will only be the one. The self portrait.

Photos by Alec Soth

(Photos by James Murphy)

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