Be ready for 17th October

04/04 is the big day. Put it in your diary. Set your alarm clock!

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The 4am Project hits Times Square, New York City!

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!

Don’t forget your camera!

Tell your friends too!

Looking for the Press Release? You can find it here.

Follow the 4am Project on Twitter. My number whilst in NYC is (001) 646 233 3478

Karen :)

4am Photo walk in Sintra, Portugal

Photographer Pedro Moura Pinheiro has given this photo the title of  ‘A bunch of crazies’!

Yes, perhaps you do have to be a little bit crazy to get up at 4am to take photographs! :D

a bunch of crazies

I don’t think Pedro has missed a 4am Project photo event yet! (Thanks Pedro!) And in April he gathered together his friends and hit the streets of his home town Sintra in the wee small hours. Looks like they had a lot of fun and even had time to experiment with light painting!

time traveller

Remember, you don’t have to be an expert in photography to take part. All you need is a camera and willingness to try something a little different and explore your surroundings at a different time of day!

Karen :)

Bangalore is busy at 4am!

Hrish ‘dhempe’ Thota organised a fantastic 4am Project photo walk in Bangalore, India. 13 photographers left their beds and headed out into the market place for an early morning photo shoot.

Crazy photographers Photograph by Hrish Thota

As you can see from Hrish’s slide show, 4am in the market place is very busy indeed! For these market workers, 4am isn’t an unusual time. They regularly set their alarm clocks and are working hard whilst most of us sleep.

Who will you meet at 4am? Will you have your neighbourhood to yourself? Will you get together with other photographers? Let me know your plans!

Karen :)

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4am Photo walks. Get together with friends!

Photographer Lee Allen from Wolverhampton got together with friends and organised his own 4am Project photo walk for the last 4am date in April. Check out his amazing video!

 

Watch embedded video here.

As you can see, they had the city streets to themselves. How often do we get to experience that?!

Meet the 4am Project Crew: David, David, Adrienne, Lee, Steph & Dale. Thanks for taking part guys and girls!

4am Project // 04.04.10 // Wolverhampton

And here is Lee’s photographs from the night……Great shots!

Why not get together with friends as well on 17th October? Make it a social occasion!

Karen :)

Don’t forget to set your alarm for 4am!

my memos to get up!

 Photograph by Natalie Eccleshall

Make a note! Put the date in your diary! Set your alarm clocks!

The next global 4am Project date is just around the corner. Join other photographers from around the world on 17th October and take part in buiding a global picture 4am.

If you are new to the project you may be wondering WHO gets up at 4am to take photographs!

There are as many reasons that people take part as there are participants….

From those that like a challenge, to those that want to relish some solitude. From those that love being part of a world wide community collaboration  to those that wish to improve on their photography skills. The 4am Project inspires people to take a look at familiar surrounding at a different time of day and to capture what they see.

Check out what tweeters have been saying about the project!

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The Night Shift at 4am

How much thought do we give to the world around us during the wee small hours?

As most of us slumber there are other who are working the night shift, or the graveyard shift as some call it.

Industry doesn’t stop because of darkness. It grinds on regardless.

These wonderful factory photographs from Peter Strunks in Hembrug, North Holland, depict another world at 4am. With shift workers awake during the night and sleeping through the daylight, it really is another world.

Jeroen

René

Me in the control room

Jeroen

An industrial rooftop view of Zaandam

Remember to put 17th October in your diary for the next global 4am Project date! :)

Karen

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