Friday night into Saturday morning saw me join the 4am Project walk in central Birmingham where photographers took photos of the city at that rather odd hour. Here’s my slideshow:
We took in New Street Station (where tripods are normally not allowed) for a bit before heading to the slightly discombobulating bustle of the Wholesale Markets. We then finished with breakfast at the cafe there which was aburdly bountiful.
About 32 people came along, according to Matt‘s quick headcount, which would have been an impressive number had it happened at a more sensible time of day and is astonishing for 4am. And that was just for the Birmingham walk. By 8am I was seeing photos coming in from Birmingham, Leeds, Sydney, London, Watford, Harrow, Shanghai, S. Africa, Moscow and Singapore and they continued throughout the weekend.
The whole thing was the brainchild of Karen Strunks who did that marvelous thing of keeping it focussed and organised in a way that let as many people as possible get involved and feel part of it. Top stuff Karen. Can’t wait to see what you do next!
Darn it. This is exactly the sort of thing i would have wanted to attend. Are there any plans for more?
Keep tabs on http://4amproject.org/ but I’m pretty darn sure Karen will be doing it again on 4th April 2010.