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Presentation at the IPA 'Game Changers' event in July 2009 on the Disposable Memory Project. For more information about the project, please visit: http://disposablememoryproject.org For more information on the talk visit: http://www.ipa.co.uk/Content/Game-Changers-Free-14th-July-2009

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Say Cheese!

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This is me.

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7 years. 4 days. 20%+

My work. My play.

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NFP OR Non Commercial OR Fun.

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TheVisualDictionary.net

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We take one of these.

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Put a few instructions on it..

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And then leave it somewhere

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We’ve done it 170 times

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In almost 45 countries

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People find the cameras

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“I found the camera in London at the King's Cross railway station on the Harry-Potter-platform 9+3/4”

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“One of the other artists in the show, Mike Gibson, had seen one of the bags saying "Please pick me up" and had brought the camera to the gallery.”

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Take a few photos...

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...Then pass the camera on again

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Until the film is finished...

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Then we develop and share.

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There were 6,174 uploads in the last minute. See more?

Digital Photography is HUGE

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Instant Gratification is.. instant

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Slowing things down

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Inspiration comes in many forms.

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Start Locally

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Spread thru Personal Network

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“I think I would like to do one for Boston, and also

one for New York. Can you sort me out with some info? I have disposable

camera, and ziplock bags already.”

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First non-UK drop.

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And first to be found

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First USA drop. First Stranger!

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175 Cameras

43 Countries

Six Languages

500 Codes

174,000 miles

400 Images

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Camera 29

15 days1060 miles, 4 people

California; Arizona

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Camera 22

146 days12 miles, 4 peopleAmsterdam; Haarlem; Heemstede

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Camera 47

96 days13,000 miles, 3 peopleCornwall; Thailand; Cambodia

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Camera 38

93 days12,600 miles, 2 people

England; Cambodia

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Camera 73

9 days0 miles, 2 people

Frankfurt, Germany

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Camera 76

22 days0 miles, ? peopleGlasgow, Scotland

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Camera 99

1 days0 miles, 4 people

Developer Day Scotland

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Camera 97

19 days265 miles, 4 people

South Coast; Yorkshire

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Camera 85

29 days? miles, 2 people

Morro Bay, California

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Camera 59

90 days4 miles, 4 peopleSan Luis Obispo, California

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Camera 134

44 days7890 miles, 4 peopleLondon; Cape Town; Jo’berg; Durban

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Camera 84

82 days5300 miles, 3 people

London; San Fran; Oakland

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22840London -Hong Kong -Vancouver -Montreal -Toronto -Hong Kong -

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“Wherever it is, just promise me that if you get a camera full of pictures of my ex-girlfriend in union with a Spanish coastguard you won’t tell me.”

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“One of the children decided to start shining the light into my eyes from across the yard. So I played a along by dodging in and out of the pillars to hide and snapped the last couple of shots on the roll as I did so.

The little girl’s parents had died in a housefire two weeks before but she was so full of life you couldn’t help liking her.”

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“that cam was like a sign to say ‘you’re not alone, that will be the present for your birthday’..”

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Sometimes it doesn’t work

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Why do people get involved?

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A sense of community

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Mystery; The Unknown

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Find & Drop.

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Success of a camera

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Curation, Not Creation

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Local Representatives

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How much does it cost?

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http://www.photochaining.com/

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The more, the merrier

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Ownership is

overrated.

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If you love it,set it free.

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Whuff.

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Where next?

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Le projet des souvenirs jetables

感謝你找到我

このカメラを使って何枚か写真を撮ってください。 好きな風景、人物など、何でもよいです。

Το πρόγραμμα αναλώσιμης μνήμης

Wo habt ihr die Kameras gefunden?

Si ha tomado todas las fotos las revelaremos.

Здравствуйте и спасибо, чтонашли меня!

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More more more

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Please Join In!

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Thankyou.