Photo: Silvia’s sweet neighbor taking her daily walk with her dog, taken in Coriano, Italy at 10:30am local.
Hello hello hello! It’s that time again when I get to share with you the final result of a Mondo Instante event! A big part of the fun of MI is the real-time flurry of activity that takes place live on the MI event page on Facebook—we get to interact and see what everyone else is doing right then and there at the MI moment. The other part of the fun comes after, when we get to view all of the images that we produced, laid out side-by-side all in one image, underscoring that all of these things you see going on happened at the exact same time, all over the world.
This time as you probably know (and quite possibly experienced) those of us on the North/South American side of the globe were dealt the early morning hours for this event so as to make it fair for those in Europe/Asia/Africa/Australia who very often have to deal with less savory times. I was truly amazed at how many of you toughed it out and stayed awake late into the night or set your alarms (2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30 am!) to wake up and join in! It made me smile to think just how dedicated our crew is. I thank each and every one of you for making this such a great project! I also thank everyone else for taking the time, no matter if it was early, late or even at an “easy” time, to be part of this. The fact that we have such a great, fun, and dedicated core group of participants, and the fact that the event keeps spreading to more and new people each time we do this just makes me giddy with happiness! THANK YOU!
Now for some fun statistics for this event. MI37 is comprised of 72 images from 72 participants from all over the world. Photos were taken in Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Thailand, Portugal, China, Scotland, Switzerland, Serbia, Argentina, England, Australia, Italy and Indonesia. A photo also came in that was taken at the Dead Sea in Jordan, the first MI photo to come from that country! States that were represented in the USA include Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington state. We also had many new participants come on board and I want to welcome each of you to the project! I’m excited you found your way here either on your own or that you were invited by one of our MI players, and hope you continue to play along…events happen once every month or two so there will be more!
Thanks to Donny Y, Silvia B, Roger E, Sarah H, Yvette E, Mecha, Jake D, Mark GW, Ian C, Paula B, Harleen Q, Victoria H, Lou Y, Ang S, Tatjana TM, Niall Q, Ham C, Jim S, Sharon G, Jen B, Garrick S, Ray G, Grebo G, Jason D, Jude O, Heather E, Elsa W, Nick B, Margaret MP, Christa L, Justin C, Dawn R, Gina M, Hannah R, Melanie B, Noona, Sara T, Ruby R, Alexandra D, Rachel P, Betsy M, Debra F, Lisa S, Angela T, Cheryl L, William B, Sean C, Robin W, John M, Sandy R, Alicia CS, Kylie V, Deborah B, Amy L, Meghan A, Tara H, Genie, Jude SB, Joachim S, Arthur S, Amy VF, Martin S, Steff G, Cindy H, Marianne L, Teresa M, Annie W, Ady O, Christine O, Nancy L and Barbara M for all coming together to create this image! (All were taken at 8:30:00 am UTC with the locations and local time noted on each photo,except where noted with an asterisk after the time in the image below. We had one photo that kicked off the event a little early and a few posted late, that’s ok! I always include photos that come in for the event, knowing that MI was on their mind when it was taken!)
And now I give to you the fruits of our group effort!! Enjoy! Stay tuned for details for MI38!
(Click on the image below to be taken to the full size image and click with the magnifying tool to zoom in. You will be able to scroll around the image to see details on who took each photo, their location and local time appear there!)
If you came here to see the MI37 image, chances are pretty big that you either participate in the events, or you at least know of them. For those of you who are reading and don’t know what Mondo Instante is, you can go here to the Mondo Instante page for all the fun details, but in short Mondo Instante (the project name itself, Mondo Instante, is a blend of Italian “Mondo” (World) and Spanish “Instante” (Instant)—meaning “the world in an instant”—to honor the native languages of Silvia and Mecha, two friends who helped me establish the concept of the project and encouraged me to actually initiate the project almost 5 years ago) is a coordinated event that takes place during a single specified minute in time. The time is expressed in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) which is then converted to local times for our participants, who come from points all over the world. At this designated singular moment, all participants from points around the world are ready with camera in hand to take a photograph of their immediate environment, whether it be a self portrait, of someone or some object close by, or a panoramic shot of their location (with emphasis on the off the cuff, in the moment true snapshots of life right now). The photos are then submitted, and then finally posted together side by side in an online gallery exhibition here on the blog— little windows into the lives of people all over the world at the same moment in time. Watch the blog here for details for the next event if you wish to take part…all are welcome!
Five years . . . five years? Five years! I keep saying this to myself over and over. The idea for Mondo Instante was hatched 5 years ago on a dark and stormy . . . well, wait. Instead of telling the tale again, the story of how Mondo Instante came about was already told in the post for our second anniversary in October of 2011, so I’ll pause here a moment while you read that if you’re interested in a little short story, otherwise, move on to the next unbracketed sentence.
Mental Beans! 