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Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by zeristor »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #3
throw0101b wrote: post #2

See also Jamie Livingston: > Jamie Livingston (October 25, 1956 – October 25, 1997) was a New York-based photographer, film-maker and circus performer. Between March 31, 1979, and October 25, 1997, the day of his death, he took a single picture nearly every day with a Polaroid SX-70 camera.[1][2] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Livingston > NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,…

I have seen several others, such as the girl whose father took her photos growing up from age 0 to 20. Another has a video every day on her birthdays, or was it her first day of school? I wanted to do something but realized I could not do that for various reasons (travel, work, etc). However, I take enough photos regularly, and I think by the time my kids grow up, there will be good enough or even way better technolo…

So conceivably, there could be a web page the collates several different people’s daily updates?

This being the web there’s probably several, maybe even a Reddit.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by DeathArrow »

BOOSTERHIDROGEN wrote: post #22

Really like the color, would like to copy the preset. Any suggestions?

Open it in PS, use the curves to make it color neutral. Reverse engineer from that. Or just do it by the eyes. There are countless YouTube tutorials on how to copy color grading.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by hasoleju »

The consistency and quality of this project is impressive. This shows how much can be achieved if one just puts a little effort into a project every day.

At first I thought it was a project like this taking a photo of the same scene every day and making the changes of it over the years visible. But the variety of scenes is impressive and I can almost feel the pressure he must have felt every day to deliver his photo of the day.

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Post by marbs »

In 2019, after six years living in Cambridge, I moved to Seattle. A few weeks before the move I stumbled across these pictures as postcards in a local shop. They perfectly captured life in Cambridge, everything from punts on the Cam watching fireworks to jogging past cows on the green. I bought a dozen, and kept them on my desk in Seattle for a while as a reminder. Thanks for the memories!

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by dotsam »

stevenwoo wrote: post #14

Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.

They are baguettes. They’re eating at the Copper Kettle and these look like their ‘breakfast baguettes’

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Post by parkersweb »

As a Cambridge resident (and for friends who no longer live here) his photos have been exceptional. Some personal favourites:

Symbolic of the changing nature of Cambridge. This was the closing day for a furniture store next door to a house where my wife once lived:

https://www.acambridgediary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04...

The large open air unheated lido:

https://www.acambridgediary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12...

Punters in the snow:

https://www.acambridgediary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02...

His photos of deserted Cambridge streets at the start of the pandemic lockdown - somewhere that’s always busy - were particularly poignant.

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Post by ethomson »

dotsam wrote: post #27
stevenwoo wrote: post #14

Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.

They are baguettes. They’re eating at the Copper Kettle and these look like their ‘breakfast baguettes’

Yes, that’s definitely the Copper Kettle.

More interesting than the food, though, is the background. Those who aren’t familiar with Cambridge will see King’s College in the background, across the street, which many may know from the BBC’s Carols from King’s.

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Post by bb123 »

marbs wrote: post #26

In 2019, after six years living in Cambridge, I moved to Seattle. A few weeks before the move I stumbled across these pictures as postcards in a local shop. They perfectly captured life in Cambridge, everything from punts on the Cam watching fireworks to jogging past cows on the green. I bought a dozen, and kept them on my desk in Seattle for a while as a reminder. Thanks for the memories!

How have you found the the transition from Cambridge to Seattle? I’m considering a similar move.
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