One World One Photo – the power of Twitter
Oh, the marvels of Twitter. I’ve professed my love for the micro-blogging service on several occasions and have turned many people into addicts. Twitter connects me with people that I would otherwise not connect with, in a way that is somewhat impersonal yet personable at the same time. A few weeks ago I was tweeted by a student of Fine Art at Birmingham School of Art who pitched his ‘One World One Photo‘ Project.
Connar O’Keeffe somehow managed to cut through the clutter of tweets and I sent him one of my images from the ‘Mumbai – City of Colours’ series I shot over a year ago. It’s an image from the Bycula East Slum of Mumbai and it’s one of my most licensed images. He turned it and other art into a neat project and I think it looks great in printed form. Connar’s idea brought a bunch of photographers and artists together, that can only be a good thing. This is his description of the concept:
“The project ‘One World One Photo’ is intended to be ‘The Worlds Biggest Art Collaboration’ allowing anyone from any discipline to join in, formally trained in the arts or not. Participants are invited to submit a favourite piece of art work made by them whether it is a photograph, painting, sculpture or film still.
So far the 48 images in the collection range from Photographs and paintings to sculptures and sketches. The project has gathered images from all around the British Isles and has spread as far as Sydney, Mumbai and Las Vegas.
The book is a collation of 48 images – ’One World One Photo’. It contains images from professional photographers, fine artists, students and many more. One World One Photo is not just a one off, it is intended to grow and develop, with the hope of reaching every continent and every country in the world.”
