365 moments to remember
Homepage artwork for November 2007
After seeing Devan Foster’s “Juxtaposed image”, i thought i’d share my “A day in the life of…” with you.
Basically, i wanted to see if i could commit to capturing a whole year of my life by taking a picture daily.
It started as a fun challenge with a friend but has turned into something more about acceptance now. Acceptance of all the flaws and appreciating the differences.
I reached my 365 shot on the 19.10.07.
The series marks such a big year in my life; including emigrating to another country, falling in love and the death of my grandpa. I now view it as a baseline in my life. A time when future events (marriage, birth of children and death) can always be related back to this year and every day it contains.
Hope you enjoy x
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Paul Tupman
Wow! This looks fantastic Claire, and so good to see the finished work! This really is a great year to remember!
Christina Norwood
What a project, and such a great result. The final image stands well alone, as more than just a collection of details.
berndt2
Brilliant concept and it looks amazing!
pmistric
Wow…what a great project!! Amazing, how things can change in our lives daily.
craig smith
amazing claire i love this idea! just wondering, if you look at a random pic can u remember what you did on that day? thatd be great if you could. ive got a really crap memory so i think id struggle lol.
RoughDiamond
Incredible. What a wonderful achievement!
Eyal Nahmias
What a great project. The outcome is fantastic and the experience of doing such a thing is mazing. I think I’ll follow your foot steps and try such a project. The result here is a splendid tapestry of people, experiences, joy lughter and I’m sure some dissapointments that only made your commitment to it stronger. I applaud you.
JudithE
Very unique and impressive..congrats…
Rebecca McLean
Great work! Shows a lot of dedication too! And what a way to remember the year I’m sure it will be treasured by those important to you!
Deborah Bowness
What a fabulous idea Claire! Looks fabulous too!
Faizan Qureshi
That’s awesome dude! There was a video like this on youtube as well!
Alexandra Strö...
wow, amazing work! :)
beckie
wow… amazing… fantastic concept, and commitment…
moments and memories captured here for ever!
Thought provoking (sorry about spelling), How things change in a year!
Love it!
Matt Roberts
Great idea. Great image.
Ellen
Beautiful!
Sharon Perrett
Fantastic Idea, and what a wonderful thing to keep for the future too, so many memories on that board I imagine. :))
Paul Vanzella
STUNNING!
Jeff Burns
gorgeous work!
Lindsay Blamey
Wow – I admire tour commitment… Such a rewarding piece of art….. well done!
GittiArt
What unique idea and this work is really very impressive !!! Bravo !!!
Bridget a'Beckett
that is a wicked idea. Can you look at every photo and remember something about the day?
jerry alcantara
very cool idea! you have a lot of patience to shot all this photos,welldone
NicholeHoag
That’s a cool idea. I like how it turned out.
J.K. York
increadible idea and well done. i love it. bravo!
AlienVisitor
Works well,and a lot of work.
David
lynauklet
i adore this and the idea behind it
sally williams
Fantastic
Claire Armistead
Wow! What a fantastic response!!!! It’s my birthday today so with this piece making it onto the HP (my second this week!!!) i am completely blown away! So many thank you’s to EVERYONE who has commented/favourited. People have thought i was crazy throughout the year and literally laughed in my face but judging by this response; it was worth it!
To Craig smith and Bridget; i can indeed remember what i was doing on each of the 365 days.
This is the “final cut” of each day, all titled with something to remind me of the day in question. There is also a “group shots” compilation for each day comprised of numerous unused shots and a “rejects” folder of every shot taken.
To Eyal; i would love ANYONE to take on this challenge and do their own piece. Damian was the first to take me up on the offer and is doing well so far; his end date is september 8th 2008 so we’ll see.
Thanks again everyone : )
Cx
gordontant
Great Image and place for a memory
Damian
This is wonderful Claire, I was hoping you’d do something like this with your whole year! I’ve got a way to go yet lol, but it’s a fun challenge!
Paul Tupman
So glad this got on the Homepage.. very well deserved after all the time and effort that went into it.. and what a great Birthday present! x
Zigga
Fantastic idea. It really is wonderful.
Holly Werner
Nicely done.
micmac
Sooooo coooool !!
Hiroko
What a marvelous idea, this is fabulous!
DennisK
you done good, very good!
Sharon Perrett
Well I for one accept your challange, I will start mine on my bithday whish is 1/1/08 :)) can’t think of a better day for it. :))
Darren Burdell
Great concept! Love this.
Dharna
What a fantastic idea. Might help with my aversion to being infront of the camera.
Birgitta
Oh my goodness..just seeing this (and your story and dedication)
brings tears to my eyes…and I don’t even know you! (seriously..my eyes are stinging!)
I’m terribly moved. WOW. Thanks for having me along for the ride.
I feel exhausted…heh.
Birgitta
Oh. And this is soooooooooooo cool!!!
yanmos
Great work!
Steve Bulford
Reall cool shot! Great work.
Claire Armistead
Oh thanks everyone for your continued comments. It’s so encouraging to hear some of you are taking on the challenge and the emotional respose it evoked : ) x
liak
Really great idea, glad you did it until the end, no matter what people thought.
Very nicely done!
Congrats!
dSart
love it
dsart
Alan Rodmell
What an excellent idea for a project. So well put together too. Well done you should be proud of this
Claire Armistead
Thanks liak and dSart for your comments. Alan! I’ve just seen what you’re up to…..i’m soooooooooooooooooooooooooo pleased you’re starting your own challenge. Such a good idea and it’ll be well worth it. Good luck and thanks for the link x
Duncan Waldron
Very interesting idea, Claire; I think I shall start tonight, if not sooner. I met an artist who is also doing a year-long project – 365 happy days He exhibited the first 140-odd locally a few months ago, and I reckon it’s a brave and fascinating venture. I’d say he’ll be only too pleased to finish it! Was it difficult stopping after your 365th?
Claire Armistead
Oh good one Duncan! So pleased you’re going to start; it’s never too late haha! Thanks for the link; looks interesting. I thought i’d love it when it ended and here i am into my next year…i just couldn’t stop! haha
JLHopgood
What I like about your project is that they are all portraits. I tried to start one last year of taking a picture a day, no restrictions, but an idea of a face a day touches me. Inspiration. Thank you.
Claire Armistead
Oh i hope you’re taking on the 1.1.1 challenge then Jo…..go get your camera and get snapping yourself : ) x
Sean Farragher
fantastic idea
peperkoorn
This is incredible. I love it!
Irene Burdell
This is amazing what a wonderful idea.
Claire Armistead
Thanks Sean, peperkoorn and Irene. Glad you like : ) x
Mark Peterson
Fantastic concept, what a treasure!