The 2008 Challenge
*****This is a reposting of the original announcement from TrevorCarpenter.com*****
In October, 2007, I challenged you all to select an area or genre of photography that you wanted to learn better. I chose black & white photography. In lieu of something else, many of you chose the same thing. That challenge turned out to be fun, challenging, and educational. I find myself looking at a scene with more awareness to the light balance now. This is a direct result of my black & white’s.
Then in December, 2007, I set out to shoot a portrait a day, all month long. This time many more people joined the Challenge. At one point I counted over 30 people submitting images to Flickr and Zooomr. I can’t say that I met the Challenge exactly, but hey it’s my challenge. I only missed a few days.
I’ve been working on some more ideas, to help expand the idea. I’m also working on a book idea, compile all the work I did into a nice coffee table-like book.
The largest project idea that has been birthed is to combine my existing efforts to document my own suburban community and the lessons of disciplined shooting, every day.
I’m announcing the 2008 Challenge. What is it? I’m challenging each participant to spend the whole year of 2008 documenting their community. All you need to do is commit to shoot just one great image a week. Just one a week. That’s not bad!
The one important thematic issue to follow is to shoot your community. We’re going to get out there and document our immediate community. Wherever you live, commit to shooting it. This will take a bit more work, thought, and planning however. I’m not looking for your best shot from your weekly photowalk. I’m looking for a thoughtful image representing your community from that week. So, for example, on Independence Day (in the USA), I’d like to see how your community celebrates our nation’s independence.
One of my motivations for this challenge is that I too have done a poor job embracing the photogenic area where I live. Earlier this year, we planned on relocating to another state. That opportunity fell through and now we’re faced with falling in love with our home again. While doing this, I’ve been reminded of all the great things about Southern California.
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Time: January 7, 2008, 9:39 am
[...] kicks off with the 2008 Challenge, designed to help you document your community. All that is asked is that you take one planned [...]
Comment from Tom W.
Time: January 7, 2008, 9:33 pm
I really like this challenge since I’ve found my area the hardest to shoot because of its familiarity. I just got back from Chile and was really happy with the photos and it kind of makes looking for the same type of beauty anywhere else seem dull. So I was really looking to change my aesthetic to be more urban for a while and this is the perfect excuse to do it. Thanks Trevor.
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Time: January 8, 2008, 3:53 am
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Time: January 11, 2008, 9:31 am
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Time: January 25, 2008, 12:33 am
[...] This is my submission for Week 4 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
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Time: January 29, 2008, 12:50 am
[...] Challenge: The First Four Weeks 29 01 2008 I’ve been posting my 2008 Challenge efforts over at nixonbyname.com, my personal blog. As a new dad, I’ve been finding it [...]
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Time: February 10, 2008, 11:35 pm
[...] is my attempt for week 6 of the 2008 Challenge. This is a view of Richmond from the Mira Vista Golf & Country Club. You can see the [...]
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Time: February 12, 2008, 4:25 am
[...] Photography by Andrew Lighten on February 12th, 2008 I was very late with my week 6 shot for the 2008 challenge. I’ve uploaded weeks 6 and 7 at the same time. Both are night shots of the sky at home. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 7: As Evening Falls
Time: February 15, 2008, 9:08 pm
[...] This view of the Richmond Marina is my image for week 7 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 8: Richmond Train Approaching
Time: February 22, 2008, 10:03 am
[...] BART – Bar Area Rapid Transit – is the San Francisco Bay Area’s attempt at a public transit system. This image of a Richmond train approaching the El Cerrito Plaza station is my image for Week 8 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 9: Richmond Fire Station No. 1
Time: February 29, 2008, 10:21 pm
[...] web page for the city of Richmond lists 7 fire stations. For the next 7 weeks, my subject for the 2008 Challenge will be these fire [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 11: Richmond Fire Station No. 2
Time: March 13, 2008, 7:50 am
[...] The second of seven fire stations in Richmond that I will be shooting for the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 12: Richmond Fire Station No. 63
Time: March 17, 2008, 8:10 pm
[...] The third of seven fire stations in Richmond that I will be shooting for the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 15: Richmond Fire Station No. 6
Time: April 9, 2008, 8:32 pm
[...] fire station is number five of seven that I will be shooting for the 2008 Challenge. This one is located at 4801 Bayview Avenue in Richmond. I realize that it is strange that the [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 16: Richmond Fire Station No. 7
Time: April 18, 2008, 10:40 pm
[...] week, I headed over to Richmond Fire Station No. 7 to continue my series of fire stations for the 2008 Challenge. At the previous fire stations, everything was closed up and there was nobody to be seen. However, [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 17: Richmond Fire Station No. 7
Time: April 25, 2008, 6:55 pm
[...] 17 of the 2008 Challenge. This fire station is located at 2904 Hilltop Drive in [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 18: Richmond Annex
Time: May 1, 2008, 9:33 am
[...] painted on and in many of it’s overpasses. I will be shooting them off and on as part of the 2008 Challenge. This one is where I-80 crosses Carlson [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 19: Richmond Mural, San Pablo and I-80
Time: May 6, 2008, 10:49 pm
[...] 19 of the 2008 Challenge. Richmond has many murals painted on freeway overpasses. This one is where I-80 crosses San Pablo [...]
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Time: May 16, 2008, 9:08 am
[...] 20 of the 2008 Challenge. Richmond has many murals painted on freeway overpasses. This one is where I-80 crosses San Pablo [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 21: Ohlone Village
Time: May 21, 2008, 9:40 pm
[...] 21 of the 2008 Challenge. Richmond has many murals painted on freeway overpasses. This one is where I-80 crosses San Pablo [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 22: Streetcar Under The Freeway
Time: May 31, 2008, 1:54 pm
[...] 22 of the 2008 Challenge. Richmond has many murals painted on freeway overpasses. This one is where I-80 crosses Macdonald [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 23: Sign Of The Blades
Time: June 5, 2008, 1:37 pm
[...] 23 of the 2008 Challenge. The ivy covered soundwall of the [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 24: Rosie the Riveter Memorial
Time: June 16, 2008, 9:48 am
[...] 24 of the 2008 Challenge. Sited at the former Kaiser Shipyard No. 2, the memorial evokes the act of constructing the ships [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 26: The Sentinel
Time: June 26, 2008, 11:34 pm
[...] 26 of the 2008 Challenge. This piece of public art is a relatively new figurative replica of a former statue located on the [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 28: Friendship by Bruce Hasson
Time: July 12, 2008, 3:04 pm
[...] 28 of the 2008 Challenge. Friendship, by Bruce Hasson. Dedicated November 26, 1991, in commemoration of 30 years of sister [...]
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Time: July 12, 2008, 3:08 pm
[...] 28 of the 2008 Challenge. Friendship, by Bruce Hasson. Dedicated November 26, 1991, in commemoration of 30 years of sister [...]
Comment from Glory
Time: July 15, 2008, 7:10 pm
Is it too late to get on this since the year is halfway over?
Comment from trevor
Time: July 15, 2008, 7:16 pm
@Glory
No way! It’s NOT too late. You’re welcome to join in with us anytime.
Just make sure to tag your photos in Flickr with “2008challenge” and submit them to the Photo Challenge group on Flickr.
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 29: Richmond Liberty Ferry
Time: July 17, 2008, 10:11 pm
[...] 29 of the 2008 Challenge. Richmond Liberty Ferry. Public art mural, located on Barrett Avenue under the BART [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 31: Solar Cantata
Time: August 3, 2008, 6:32 pm
[...] 31 of the 2008 Challenge. Solar Cantata, by Charles Perry, 1971. Located in the Hilltop Mall in the center rotunda. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 32: Signalmen
Time: August 9, 2008, 10:34 pm
[...] 32 of the 2008 Challenge. The "Signalmen" sculpture by Anita Margrill is located at the corner of Regatta and [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 33: Rolling Hills Memorial
Time: August 14, 2008, 8:41 am
[...] 33 of the 2008 Challenge. Matthews Corporation International Freedom Sculpture, located in Rolling Hills Memorial Park. This [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 34: Ferry Point Mural
Time: August 25, 2008, 2:15 pm
[...] 34 of the 2008 Challenge. This mural is on the Tunnel Avenue entrance of the tunnel leading to Dornan Drive and Ferry Point. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 36: Richmond Mural, Work In Progress
Time: September 7, 2008, 3:21 pm
[...] 36 of the 2008 Challenge. This is a mural in progress where the 80 crosses MacDonald in [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Wek 37: Julgia Woods Memorial
Time: September 14, 2008, 8:20 am
[...] 37 of the 2008 Challenge. Sculpture, "Juliga Woods Memorial" Commissioned by Retired Richmond Planning Jim Farrah [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 38: Less Green
Time: September 19, 2008, 9:28 am
[...] 38 of the 2008 Challenge. Abandoned greenhouses visible from the [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 40: Century Xing Mural
Time: October 5, 2008, 8:14 am
[...] 40 of the 2008 Challenge. Artist: John Wherle Century Xing Mural Commissioned by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of [...]
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Time: October 11, 2008, 9:43 pm
[...] Week 41 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
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Time: October 19, 2008, 4:58 pm
[...] Week 42 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
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Time: October 24, 2008, 9:49 pm
[...] Week 43 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » A Rainbow
Time: November 1, 2008, 5:33 pm
[...] Week 44 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 45: Richmond Marina At Night
Time: November 9, 2008, 10:55 pm
[...] Week 45 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 46: Sonic Sounds Stop
Time: November 15, 2008, 2:18 am
[...] Week 46 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 47: MacDonald Avenue
Time: November 22, 2008, 10:41 pm
[...] Week 47 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
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Time: November 29, 2008, 11:54 pm
[...] Week 48 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 49: Too Many Choices
Time: December 6, 2008, 11:16 pm
[...] Week 49 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
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Time: December 21, 2008, 12:42 am
[...] Week 51 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from PhotoChallenge.org » Changes and a New Year
Time: December 27, 2008, 8:31 am
[...] has been a bit unique. We’ve done one Challenge, every other month. Plus, we’ve had the 2008 Challenge, of which only one person has participated all year long (and it wasn’t me!). The bimonthly [...]
Pingback from Jeremy Brooks » 2008 Challenge, Week 52: 4th Street Lights
Time: December 27, 2008, 9:01 pm
[...] Week 52 of the 2008 Challenge. [...]
Pingback from but, where to put them all…..? « preaching to the choir…
Time: January 6, 2008, 9:38 pm
[...] year photographically. Specifically, I’m challenging myself with both project 365/366 and with Trevor Carpenter’s Challenge 2008. I’ve decided to post them here. So, I’m about a week behind… All of my shots so [...]