What’s 30 Strangers
What is 30 Strangers?
A Justin Hackworth Photography project and fund raiser.
Our 4th year of the project is now complete. You can see results from 2011 here. The 2011 exhibit took place this year at the BYU library in July. A review and images from our opening night reception can be seen here.
The 30 Strangers project works like this. In the month of April 2011, I photographed a different mother and daughter (sometimes a grandmother, too) every single day. 30 portraits in 30 days. The people that came to be photographed are strangers to me. People I had never met before. Instead of paying me a portrait session fee, they make a donation to the Center for Women and Children in Crisis. Participants were selected at random from comments left on the blog post regarding the project.
2011 participants came from all over the United States to be a part of the project. If you’d like to know about the next time we do this (probably next year) you can keep an eye on the blog or, sign up for our occasional newsletter.
You can also read answers to questions about the project (like, how we found the participants and how I got the idea for the project) and see pictures from our opening night exhibit in 2010 here.
Pictured below are the images that were included in our 2009 exhibition.
The project began in 2008 when I photographed individuals. One a day, for the the entire month. That’s where the name 30 Strangers came. Care to see the work from previous years? Here are the links.
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Justin,
I just found out about this project. What a cool idea. Way to go. I reposted about it on my blog where I try and encourage others to get involved in philanthropy. Keep up the great work!
Barett
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