Welcome to the One/Day Project
Here you will find hundreds of photos that I've taken every day since 2/29/2008. I reached my initial goal of making it to leap day 2012 (after 1462 photos), but I'm still going - the new goal is to make it to Monday, 2/29/2016.
Every photo in these galleries is a unique creation from that day. My intent is to create art, and I've taken great care to create most of these photographs. In addition to not uploading simple snapshots, I try incredibly hard not to repeat myself.
Please enjoy, and feel free to comment. Like the shot? Give it a thumbs up. Really like it? Buy a print or digital download.
Thanks for looking!
![2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-qP5Z3GW/0/Ti/2013-04-26%20Library%20Books-Ti.jpg "2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]")
![__01/07/13__ Lost Page
This appears to be the title page of a book, and I'm not sure what happened to the rest of it - I photographed this as it lay on the ground outside.
THE RELATIONSHIPS TO THE DUMBBELL ENGLAND
IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
That's what Google translates it to and I'm not sure why "Hanse" becomes "dumbbell". Regardless, it does not sound like a particularly exciting book. But it's from 1890, so that's cool.
BTW, did you see my time lapse from yesterday?
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-3HBFWbF/0/Ti/2013-01-07%20Lost%20Page-Ti.jpg "__01/07/13__ Lost Page
This appears to be the title page of a book, and I'm not sure what happened to the rest of it - I photographed this as it lay on the ground outside.
THE RELATIONSHIPS TO THE DUMBBELL ENGLAND
IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
That's what Google translates it to and I'm not sure why \"Hanse\" becomes \"dumbbell\". Regardless, it does not sound like a particularly exciting book. But it's from 1890, so that's cool.
BTW, did you see my time lapse from yesterday?
[last year]")
![_04/05/12_ Rainbow Fish
Today was the lovely Edible Book Festival at the UCLA Library. Treats from it have been featured as photos of the day before on 4/1/09 and 4/1/11. This is my favorite photo from the day, which I lit with my softbox, before I decided to give up on it because it was a pain to carry around.
This cake is based off of The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister. It's a children's book, in case you weren't sure. It won the award for Best Student Entry! I truly enjoyed eating a little bit of all of the entries, although it really wasn't a good idea to skip a real lunch. Talk about a sugar coma...
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year5/i-NqjgvSv/1/Ti/2012-04-05%20Rainbow%20Fish-Ti.jpg "_04/05/12_ Rainbow Fish
Today was the lovely Edible Book Festival at the UCLA Library. Treats from it have been featured as photos of the day before on 4/1/09 and 4/1/11. This is my favorite photo from the day, which I lit with my softbox, before I decided to give up on it because it was a pain to carry around.
This cake is based off of The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister. It's a children's book, in case you weren't sure. It won the award for Best Student Entry! I truly enjoyed eating a little bit of all of the entries, although it really wasn't a good idea to skip a real lunch. Talk about a sugar coma...
[last year]")
![__02/24/12__ Gran Mano
Thanks to Russell, I've gotten to take photos of some pretty cool things from the library, such as these antique glass eyes and this first edition Origin of the Species. Today, I photographed him, as part of my Environmental Portraiture class. It was a lot of fun, and he pulled out other gems like a container for leeches, a super-old German manuscript with fantastic color drawings of injuries, and a book that went on the space shuttle.
This giant hand was an advertisement for Untisal, a company that isn't around anymore. The bottle says 'Contra-Dolor', which means 'against pain'. So basically, a pain reliever. Way cooler swag than, say, a Pfizer pen.
[last year] that time of year again...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-VpFDLrC/0/Ti/2012-02-24%20Gran%20Mano-Ti.jpg "__02/24/12__ Gran Mano
Thanks to Russell, I've gotten to take photos of some pretty cool things from the library, such as these antique glass eyes and this first edition Origin of the Species. Today, I photographed him, as part of my Environmental Portraiture class. It was a lot of fun, and he pulled out other gems like a container for leeches, a super-old German manuscript with fantastic color drawings of injuries, and a book that went on the space shuttle.
This giant hand was an advertisement for Untisal, a company that isn't around anymore. The bottle says 'Contra-Dolor', which means 'against pain'. So basically, a pain reliever. Way cooler swag than, say, a Pfizer pen.
[last year] that time of year again...")
![__02/10/12__ Adele
This is Adele, a librarian friend of mine who agreed to be one of my subjects for my Environmental Portraiture class. It seemed fitting to shoot her with some books, and I liked these because of the color contrast. And I didn't even realize her glasses were blue at the time!
In case you're wondering, the blue books are the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The red book she's holding is the Journal of Clinical Apheresis. I highly recommend reading them - they're just absolutely riveting.
[last year] eye-opening...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-K72mwWK/1/Ti/2012-02-10%20Adele-Ti.jpg "__02/10/12__ Adele
This is Adele, a librarian friend of mine who agreed to be one of my subjects for my Environmental Portraiture class. It seemed fitting to shoot her with some books, and I liked these because of the color contrast. And I didn't even realize her glasses were blue at the time!
In case you're wondering, the blue books are the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The red book she's holding is the Journal of Clinical Apheresis. I highly recommend reading them - they're just absolutely riveting.
[last year] eye-opening...")
![_10/07/11_ Two Two Two
This was a pre-planned desperation shot. I had a very busy day and went out for drinks with friends/coworkers afterwards and knew I wouldn't take a lot of photos. But, I did notice that this is the two hundred and twenty-second day from my One/Day Project, Year 4, and so I looked for number that reflected that. Luckily I found the glorious National Union Catalog volumes, which apparently lists the holdings of the Library of Congress.
I'm sure you're curious, so I'll tell you - it goes up to number 754.
[last year] mmm, red dragon...](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-7R2CfpF/0/Ti/2011-10-07%20Two%20Two%20Two-Ti.jpg "_10/07/11_ Two Two Two
This was a pre-planned desperation shot. I had a very busy day and went out for drinks with friends/coworkers afterwards and knew I wouldn't take a lot of photos. But, I did notice that this is the two hundred and twenty-second day from my One/Day Project, Year 4, and so I looked for number that reflected that. Luckily I found the glorious National Union Catalog volumes, which apparently lists the holdings of the Library of Congress.
I'm sure you're curious, so I'll tell you - it goes up to number 754.
[last year] mmm, red dragon...")
![_09/28/11_ Into the Light
This is not a hallway.
These are about 20 metal bookends all stacked together next to a window. Using my compact, I was able to stick the lens into the 'tunnel' they created and compose this photo. Ah, the wonderful things you find in a library...
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year4/i-fcvfVZ9/0/Ti/2011-09-28%20Into%20the%20Light-Ti.jpg "_09/28/11_ Into the Light
This is not a hallway.
These are about 20 metal bookends all stacked together next to a window. Using my compact, I was able to stick the lens into the 'tunnel' they created and compose this photo. Ah, the wonderful things you find in a library...
[last year]")
2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
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Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]](http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year6/i-qP5Z3GW/0/L/2013-04-26%20Library%20Books-L.jpg "2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]")
2013-04-26 Library Books
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
Today I went on a tour of our library's preservation/conversation areas - these old books are all awaiting some sort of repair. It's a behind-the-scenes part of libraries that I hadn't given a lot of thought to before today. It was really neat to learn about the process and see the tools they use to make repairs.
[last year]
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All photographs © Jonathan Wilson