THANK YOU to everyone who has picked up their camera, taken part, spread the word, set their alarms, lost out on sleep and contributed to the 4am Project over the last 4 years! The project cannot happen without you!
Put the date in your diary! Set your alarm clock! Grab your camera!
For…..
Sunday 15th April 2012 at…….4am!
What is the 4am Project?
The 4am Project is a ground-breaking global photography project that aims to encourage worldwide social collaboration to capture a view of the world at the often unseen time of 4am.
Since it’s launch in April 2009, the project has attracted participants from nearly 50 countries, and there is a digital archive of over 6000 images and is one of the biggest world-wide photography collaborations.
Why not flex your photography muscles with other photographers around the world at 4am (in your local time) on Sunday 15th April?
It’s a thought provoking project that inspires and challenges! Experience an often unseen time of the day and be part of a world wide community collaboration!
Yes! You heard it right! The 4am Project is about to hit Manhattan. This is probably the project’s (and my!) biggest goal to date.
I am so delighted to be able to bring the 4am Project to the heart of New York City.
Times Square will be pumping with energy and will promise some stunning images to early morning photographers who want to capture the exhilarating activity in a 24 hour city.
If you are a New Yorker with an interest in the unusual (and perhaps mild insomnia) come and take part in this innovative global photography project to record and document the world before dawn.
I’m going to be hosting a special event in the beating heart of Manhattan that is Times Square at 4am on October 17th, and I’m inviting bleary eyed photographers on an exhilarating early morning photography walk to capture images of the city that never sleeps.
I hope you can join me and other New York photographers in this extraordinary photo walk at the ‘crossroads of the world’.
The 4am Project is an exercise in global solidarity to encourage the sharing of visual imagery that reflects the world we live in. This is the Project’s second year, and word has spread like wildfire, with people picking up their cameras in over 40 countries across the globe including UK, Brazil, Italy, China, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Laos and the USA.
It’s a worldwide collaborative experience, aiming to capture a time of day that many people rarely see. At the heart of the 4am project is the aim to bring both photographers and non-photographers together, to create a global community which demonstrates how amazing our surrounding landscapes can be.
EVENT DETAILS
Time: 3.45 AM on Sunday 17th October
Meeting Place: Outside the New York Police Station on Times Square
Event ends at 5am, though I suggest it would be a nice opportunity to grab a coffee and meet the 4am Photographers!
Wow…! All your wonderful 4am Project photos made selecting just 24 very hard! I’ve been viewing, deliberating and agonizing all week. I hope you like my final choices
And now it’s over to you!
Which is your favourite 4am photograph?
There are 24 photos and 24 prizes, so every photographer will win a prize.
Here is what is on offer:
1st Prize: from Nikon D90 Camera with 18-105mm lens (worth £1029.99)
Have a look at all the great 4am images below, chose your favourite and give it your vote!
Voting will be open until Midnight (Greenwich Mean Time) on Monday 19th April. The photograph with the most votes at the end of the voting period will win first prize, and so forth.
You can only vote once from your computer, this is to avoid multiple votes from the same computer. However, you can of course rally round support from your friends and family and all your friends on flickr, twitter, facebook etc!
Thanks again to everybody who has ventured out to photography their world at 4am. I wish I had enough prizes for everybody!
Photo 2 by Fran, Birmingham UK
Photo 3 By Rene Segura, Santa Maria, USA
Photo 4 By Creepeh Sue, Hongdae, South Korea
Photo 5 By Gaurav Patel, London, UK
Photo 6 by Dale Shephard, Wolverhampton, UK
Photo 7 By Derek Shanks, Toronto, Canada
Photo 8 By Jeanne Brophy, San Francisco, USA
Phot 9 by Jean Marie Jenanji, Dubai, UAE
Photo 10 By Nandor Hargita, Budapest
Photo 11 By Cerealboxstar, Manila, Philippines
Photo 12 By Luis Amaral, Lisbon, Portugal
Photo 13 By Andrew Stuart, Llandudno, Wales
Photo 15 By Egneg, Birmingham UK
Photo 16 By Andy Toots, Warwickshire, UK
Photo 17 By Steve Anderson, Sweden
Photo 18 By Strawbleu, Leeds, UK
Photo 19 By Miki Ballard, Fairview, USA
Photo 20 By Kat De'Vries, San Diego, USA
Photo 21 By Yashwanth Madhusudan, Bangalore, India
I probably shouldn’t say much more than that at this point.
Just grab a drink, get comfortable and enjoy the view of the world at 4am on 4th April!
So, it’s the day after the morning before and I’m still catching up on the wonderful photo submissions from participants from countries such as Australia, UK, USA, Portugal, India, Philippines, Brazil, Canada, and Korea to name just a few! Over 1100 images of 4am have been submitted from 4th April alone!
THANK YOU to everyone who set their alarms or stayed up to meet 4am and took part in the project. Your support & enthusiasm has been amazing! I’ve had some great feedback from you, and it really means a lot.
This event marked the 4am Project’s first birthday and it is going from strength to strength. With the addition of help in the form of investment from 4ip and Screen West Midlands, the 4am Project has been able to reach out to even more people around the world!
What better way to follow up with the 4am Project’s fabulous news, than by featuring just a few of the fabulous 4am photographers who have taken part in the project during the last year!
Some may call us crazy, but I prefer to think that we are adventurous!
What is 4am like for you?
Will you take a self portrait?
Perhaps it’s a time to be reflective. The quietness of 4am lends itself nicely to that.
By Fran, United Kingdom
Are you going to get together with some friends and have a shared 4am photograph experience?
Nick & Matt by Emma Jones, Birmingham, UK
What will inspire you at 4am? Try something different, express yourself however you want!
By Ben Whitehouse, Birmingham UK
By Nick Lockey, Lickey Hills, UK
By Lymdul, Philippines
By Pascal Scheffers, Fokkesteeg, The Netherlands
At 4am familiar scenes look very different. What will you discover?
Join other photographers around the world on the 4th April…..at 4am & take part in a global picture of the world!
