{"id":15388,"date":"2012-10-09T05:38:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T03:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/global-photo-exhibit-captures-a-day-in-life-of-world\/"},"modified":"2012-10-09T05:38:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T03:38:55","slug":"global-photo-exhibit-captures-a-day-in-life-of-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/global-photo-exhibit-captures-a-day-in-life-of-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Global photo exhibit captures a day in life of world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">STOCKHOLM<\/span> Oct 8 (Reuters) &#8211; A digital display of 45 photos<br \/>\non more than 85,000 screens in 22 countries around the globe<br \/>\nsought on Monday to capture one day of the human experience in<br \/>\nwhat organisers called the largest global photography exhibition<br \/>\never staged.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pictures are a tiny portion of some 100,000 photos from<br \/>\n165 countries which were submitted by people across the world in<br \/>\nMay to the www.ADAY.org project.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 45 pictures were shown on 85,733 major digital display<br \/>\nscreens on Monday, including Times Square in New York, which<br \/>\norganisers esimated would reach an audience of 46 million.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole idea about the project was to show everyday life<br \/>\nand to capture one day in the life of the world today and to<br \/>\nsend that to the future and to show our fellow man right now,&#8221;<br \/>\nsaid Jeppe Wickstrom, one of the people behind the foundation<br \/>\nwhich organised the project.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They (the 45) are really good examples of the kind of<br \/>\nimages that we got. People are honest and personal in the<br \/>\nphotos,&#8221; added Wickstrom.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said one of his favourites shots from the selection was a<br \/>\npicture from southern Iran of a boy diving into water from the<br \/>\nback of a water buffalo.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Though the bulk of the pictures in May came from ordinary<br \/>\npeople, the project included many well-known photographers and<br \/>\ngot backing from several famous people on a global advisory<br \/>\ncouncil, who also took photos.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The well-known people included Archbishop Desmond Tutu of<br \/>\nSouth Africa, Swedish diplomat and former foreign minister Jan<br \/>\nEliasson, who is now deputy head of the United Nations, and<br \/>\nsinger Robyn.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Patrick Lannin, editing by Paul Casciato)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM Oct 8 (Reuters) &#8211; 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. 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