Project One

PROJECT 365, EXPLAINED: When someone has a near-death experience, you often hear him or her talk about seeing his life flash before his eyes. And who of us hasn't found ourselves talking about how quickly a year, month or any given event flew by so quickly, often leaving us wondering exactly where all the time has gone? In an effort to combat forgetting what I spend each day, and, as a result, my life, doing, I set a new goal for myself in 2009. I took a photo every single day and documented it here. That way, whenever those moments strike where I wonder where the month went, all I have to do is look at the past 30 photos to remember something from each individual day, serving as a way to help preserve time and precious memories that could easily go otherwise forgotten. Of course, it also serves as a way to force me to improve my photography skills—through daily practice, although I'm sure many days will involve little more than a snapshot at the end of the day because I haven't dedicated the time to it that I had hoped I would.



I had decided not to give the project another try. It was becoming commonplace. I know several people doing the same thing now. Then, I created a poster of each of my photos last year — one 24x36 poster with 365 photos on it, and as I designed it, I remembered something about every single day of 2009, so, realizing the benefits and reflections that sparked, I reluctantly decided to give the project another shot in 2010, hoping to focus more on the quality of my photography this year rather than just taking a photo at random. We'll see how long that lasts.