STOCKHOLM Oct 8 (Reuters) – A digital display of 45 photos
on more than 85,000 screens in 22 countries around the globe
sought on Monday to capture one day of the human experience in
what organisers called the largest global photography exhibition
ever staged.
The pictures are a tiny portion of some 100,000 photos from
165 countries which were submitted by people across the world in
May to the www.ADAY.org project.
The 45 pictures were shown on 85,733 major digital display
screens on Monday, including Times Square in New York, which
organisers esimated would reach an audience of 46 million.
“The whole idea about the project was to show everyday life
and to capture one day in the life of the world today and to
send that to the future and to show our fellow man right now,”
said Jeppe Wickstrom, one of the people behind the foundation
which organised the project.
“They (the 45) are really good examples of the kind of
images that we got. People are honest and personal in the
photos,” added Wickstrom.
He said one of his favourites shots from the selection was a
picture from southern Iran of a boy diving into water from the
back of a water buffalo.
Though the bulk of the pictures in May came from ordinary
people, the project included many well-known photographers and
got backing from several famous people on a global advisory
council, who also took photos.
The well-known people included Archbishop Desmond Tutu of
South Africa, Swedish diplomat and former foreign minister Jan
Eliasson, who is now deputy head of the United Nations, and
singer Robyn.
(Reporting by Patrick Lannin, editing by Paul Casciato)
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