sunshine51 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 One hundred Fuji disposable cameras were given to homeless people in London. The objective: Have the homeless people shoot their London then return the cameras to the organisers. Eighty cameras were returned and the 2016 calendar will soon be available... Perhaps something similar can be organised in other cities around the globe? Story & pix below... http://www.boredpanda.com/cameras-homeless-london-my-calendar-cafe-art/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/100-disposable-cameras-homeless_55e69094e4b0b7a9633ad4e5?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003 http://cafeart.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 ^ Have a friend who did this with the guests of his wedding... Saved him money on a pesky Photographer+ the result was astonishingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 ^^^ Astonishingly good or bad?! I thought about doing something similar out here however after careful consideration & deep thought outside of the pub, I came to the final conclusion that many homeless out here would either...1..Take the camera & sell it. 2...Take the camera & actually take some pictures then sell it. 3...Take the camera & take the pictures then want money when & if they turned it in. 4...All the homeless would sell the cameras. 5...95% of the homeless would sell the cameras & the remaining 5 homeless would take the pictures & want money when they turned in the cameras. Mind you, a friend of mine & I, when we were working Cambodia for the wires & TV in the late 80s & 90s bought 3 street kids who washed dishes & cleaned up at his bistro, cheap PnS cameras & showed the kids how to load & use em then turned them lose on the streets when they weren't working at the bistro. One kid had his camera stolen by another kid who was the boss of the street kids in the area. We got the camera back from that prick & handed him over to adults for "treatment". One kid dropped & broke his camera & the last kid, who has now grown into a decent adult is a freelance photog in Phnom Penh. So...not bad for a $300 USD investment on the PnS cameras at the start. I can easily see how this project would work in Aussie, Europe, North America, NZ & even South America...but out here...it may be a different matter altogether. Perhaps Vietnam would be a good place to test the idea...not sure though, just a thought. Then again...if the idea was presented to the homeless people the right way maybe, just maybe...it would work very well. Would anybody like to try? I'm willing on my end. PM me if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 ^^^ Astonishingly good or bad?! It gave some (expected) insight what was picture-worthy for the individual guest. Another funny thing, the Ladies were most active during the ceremony, the blokes more on the party... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhitchens Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 ^^^ Astonishingly good or bad?! I thought about doing something similar out here however after careful consideration & deep thought outside of the pub, I came to the final conclusion that many homeless out here would either...1..Take the camera & sell it. 2...Take the camera & actually take some pictures then sell it. 3...Take the camera & take the pictures then want money when & if they turned it in. 4...All the homeless would sell the cameras. 5...95% of the homeless would sell the cameras & the remaining 5 homeless would take the pictures & want money when they turned in the cameras. Mind you, a friend of mine & I, when we were working Cambodia for the wires & TV in the late 80s & 90s bought 3 street kids who washed dishes & cleaned up at his bistro, cheap PnS cameras & showed the kids how to load & use em then turned them lose on the streets when they weren't working at the bistro. One kid had his camera stolen by another kid who was the boss of the street kids in the area. We got the camera back from that prick & handed him over to adults for "treatment". One kid dropped & broke his camera & the last kid, who has now grown into a decent adult is a freelance photog in Phnom Penh. So...not bad for a $300 USD investment on the PnS cameras at the start. I can easily see how this project would work in Aussie, Europe, North America, NZ & even South America...but out here...it may be a different matter altogether. Perhaps Vietnam would be a good place to test the idea...not sure though, just a thought. Then again...if the idea was presented to the homeless people the right way maybe, just maybe...it would work very well. Would anybody like to try? I'm willing on my end. PM me if so. I am up for that seems a good way to go, maybe not the homeless but maybe something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 ^^^ That sounds great Mr H. I haven't sourced a hundred disposabe film cameras but that doesn't seem to be much of problem...or will it be? I thought about cheapo digital cameras and to let the folks keep em after project completion...then again... that idea went out the window quickly plus the cameras will cost too damn much. So film it is...24 or 36 exposures...prefer the 36 exp jobbers. If not the homeless then who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhitchens Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 ^^^ That sounds great Mr H. I haven't sourced a hundred disposabe film cameras but that doesn't seem to be much of problem...or will it be? I thought about cheapo digital cameras and to let the folks keep em after project completion...then again... that idea went out the window quickly plus the cameras will cost too damn much. So film it is...24 or 36 exposures...prefer the 36 exp jobbers. If not the homeless then who? Thai Homeless people seems to be the problem. I have spoken to a few friends about marketing such a project and they are not interested in the homeless, I guess Its a cultural thing, I don't know. Let me know any thoughts you have on the subject mate, thanks^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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