This week we have been launching The Big Picture - our ambitious project to gather 100,000 photos from all over the West Midlands in order to beat a world record for the world's biggest photo montage.
I joined the team in Worcester yesterday, where we spent a happy, busy, exhausting few hours taking photos of shoppers, passers by and people who had come specifically to have their photo taken, having heard about the project on the BBC.
So far we have got almost 3000 photos. Not bad, considering we only launched 3 days ago. What I am personally really pleased about is that people are not only sharing their photos, but the stories behind them. These are funny, cheerful, moving, dramatic and everything else in-between. We are painting a pictrue of a region full of life, humour, vitality and beauty - a really fitting picture of the West Midlands and the people in it.
We've still got 997,000 photos to go! So please log on and submit yours. We want your great artistic images, photos of monents you were lucky to catch, pictures of your pet, the biggest fish you ever caught, your family or people and places that inspire you. Take some photos of your family and friends tonight - even if it's on your mobile phone - and send them in.
Why not join us in this launch week and have your photo taken in one of our big frames? We will be in Coventry on Friday morning and Birmingham on Friday afternoon.
The project is running until the end of May - with events happening at galleries all over the region - so make sure you get involved!
I joined the team in Worcester yesterday, where we spent a happy, busy, exhausting few hours taking photos of shoppers, passers by and people who had come specifically to have their photo taken, having heard about the project on the BBC.
So far we have got almost 3000 photos. Not bad, considering we only launched 3 days ago. What I am personally really pleased about is that people are not only sharing their photos, but the stories behind them. These are funny, cheerful, moving, dramatic and everything else in-between. We are painting a pictrue of a region full of life, humour, vitality and beauty - a really fitting picture of the West Midlands and the people in it.
We've still got 997,000 photos to go! So please log on and submit yours. We want your great artistic images, photos of monents you were lucky to catch, pictures of your pet, the biggest fish you ever caught, your family or people and places that inspire you. Take some photos of your family and friends tonight - even if it's on your mobile phone - and send them in.
Why not join us in this launch week and have your photo taken in one of our big frames? We will be in Coventry on Friday morning and Birmingham on Friday afternoon.
The project is running until the end of May - with events happening at galleries all over the region - so make sure you get involved!
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