A Timely Global Mosaic

April 20th, 2010
An invitation from the N Y Times:

Where will you be on Sunday, May 2, at 15:00 hours (U.T.C.) ?

Wherever you are, we hope you’ll have a camera — or a camera phone — in hand. And we hope you’ll be taking a picture to send to Lens that will capture this singular instant in whatever way you think would add to a marvelous global mosaic; a Web-built image of one moment in time across the world.

We extend the invitation to everyone, everywhere. Amateurs. Students. Pros. People who’ve been photographing for a lifetime or who just started yesterday.

What matters more than technique is the thought behind the picture, because you’ll only be sending us one. So please do think beforehand about where you will want to be and what you will want to focus on. Here are the general topics:

Religion
Play
Nature and the Environment
Family
Work
Arts and Entertainment
Money and the Economy
Community
Social Issues

Here is the link to learn the details:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/readers-9/?hp
April 20th, 2010
oo i hope i remeber to do it!
April 20th, 2010
That's my birthday! Great! I will be in Turkey (volcanic ash cloud permitting) so will certainly post a picture!
April 20th, 2010
Sounds like fun! I'll have to set a timer on my cell phone to remind me. :) 10:00am for the Midwest!
April 20th, 2010
Gosh! 1am Monday for me, doubtful I'll still be up.
April 20th, 2010
I'll be up, it'll already be 8 a.m. here in Arizona. Now I just have to remember.
April 20th, 2010
Can anyone tell me what time that will be in UK??
April 20th, 2010
I think there is a conversion chart with the article.
April 20th, 2010
If you follow the link there's a converter to tell you.
April 20th, 2010
4pm in the uk. I'm in...
April 21st, 2010
11am - this is awesome. I'll be treetop-trekking with my kids that day (weather permitting) so I should be able to get some interesting shots (if I can take a photo while holding onto the zip lines for dear life!)

Thanks for bringing this to us, Allison :)
April 21st, 2010
On my calendar...love that you shared thias Allison!
April 21st, 2010
8 am here hmmm hope im up depends on the girls though
April 21st, 2010
sounds really interesting.....and fun! I'm up for it
April 21st, 2010
Sounds like fun! Thanks for sharing this Allison!
April 21st, 2010
I'll play too - thanks for the link!
April 21st, 2010
Thank you for sharing, Alison!!! This sounds like fun!!! i'll try to join in!
April 21st, 2010
What a great idea! I, too, hope my brain can retain this until then! Ha! We should tag our photos "global-mosaic" and post them that day to see what each of us have captured!
April 29th, 2010
Drats, I'll be traveling that day!
April 30th, 2010
I saw this in the NYT and thought it was a brilliant idea. I just have to remember to take a photo at 10AM.
April 30th, 2010
8am on a weekend morning? heh, I might set my alarm and take a photo of my pillow before hitting snooze and completing my lie-in.
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