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

1. Say Cheese!

2. This is me.

3. My work. My play.
7 years. 4 days. 20%+

4. NFP OR Non Commercial OR Fun.

5. TheVisualDictionary.net

8. We take one of these.

9. Put a few instructions on it..

10. And then leave it somewhere

18. We’ve done it 170 times

19. In almost 45 countries

20. People find the cameras

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

22. “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.”

23. Take a few photos...

24. ...Then pass the camera on again

26. Until the film is finished...

27. Then we develop and share.

28. Digital Photography is HUGE
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29. Instant Gratification is.. instant

30. Slowing things down

31. Inspiration comes in many forms.

32. Start Locally

33. Spread thru Personal Network

34. “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.”

35. First non-UK drop.

36. And first to be found

37. First USA drop. First Stranger!

39. 175 Cameras
43 Countries
Six Languages
500 Codes
174,000 miles
400 Images

40. Camera 29
15 days
1060 miles, 4 people
California; Arizona

41. Camera 22
146 days
12 miles, 4 people
Amsterdam; Haarlem;
Heemstede

42. Camera 47
96 days
13,000 miles, 3 people
Cornwall; Thailand; Cambodia

43. Camera 38
93 days
12,600 miles, 2 people
England; Cambodia

44. Camera 73
9 days
0 miles, 2 people
Frankfurt, Germany

45. Camera 76
22 days
0 miles, ? people
Glasgow, Scotland

46. Camera 99
1 days
0 miles, 4 people
Developer Day Scotland

47. Camera 97
19 days
265 miles, 4 people
South Coast; Yorkshire

48. Camera 85
29 days
? miles, 2 people
Morro Bay, California

49. Camera 59
90 days
4 miles, 4 people
San Luis Obispo, California

50. Camera 134
44 days
7890 miles, 4 people
London; Cape Town; Jo’berg; Durban

51. Camera 84
82 days
5300 miles, 3 people
London; San Fran; Oakland

53. 22840
London -
Hong Kong -
Vancouver -
Montreal -
Toronto -
Hong Kong -

54. “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.”

55. “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.”

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

57. 32

60. Sometimes it doesn’t work

61. Why do people get involved?

62. A sense of community

63. Mystery; The Unknown

64. Find & Drop.

65. Success of a camera

66. Curation, Not Creation

67. Local Representatives

69. How much does it cost?

70. http://theplug.net/28/strangerphotos.htm

71. http://www.photochaining.com/

74. The more, the merrier

75. Ownership
is
overrated.

76. If you love it,
set it free.

77. Whuff.

79. Where next?

80. Le projet des souvenirs jetables
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81. More more more

82. Please Join In!

83. Thankyou.