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.

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Spiky Tree Johannesburg A very sharp tree - we saw a lot of those.
Sentech Tower Johannesburg This landmark rises above everything around it and we had a great view of it the morning we left our Melville guest house. I was sad to read that it used to have a public viewing deck, but it's been closed since 1982.
Waar is die biblioteek? Melville Another entertaining English/Afrikaans sign.
Bookstore on 7th Street Melville Supposedly the 2 or 3 blocks of 7th Street in Melville were the place to be - shopping, restaurants, bars, everything! We, of course, went on a Monday afternoon when it had just rained and was bitterly cold, and it was very unimpressive. In fact, it was pretty depressing with so few people around. We tried to kill some time by going into a couple bookstores, but they were all like this one pictured here. Very little organization, just piles and piles of books.
English and Afrikaans Melville On our 'day off', we went to a nearby mall to get some food and other things. It was really interesting to see packaging in English right next to identical packaging in Afrikaans. Also, the only flavor of Fritos we saw was tomato - how strange is that? I guess not very strange if you're a South African. Also, tomato sauce = ketchup.
Solid Gold Gold Reef City, Johannesburg While they didn't pour actual gold during the demonstration, the did bring out this real gold bar that we got to touch and pick up. Spoiler: it's heavier than it looks.
Metal Management Gold Reef City, Johannesburg Pouring liquid metal into a form is a 2-person job. I love how anonymous these guys look.
Liquid Metal Gold Reef City, Johannesburg So cool! But brings so much suffering...
Gold Pour Demonstration Gold Reef City, Johannesburg The tour included a gold pour demonstration, although it wasn't with real gold. The room was set up like a theater and the demonstration was accompanied by a loud cinematic soundtrack that explained what we were seeing. It was pretty cool. We were sitting at least 30 feet away when they opened the furnace door and were still hit with a surprising blast of heat.
Spiky Tree
Johannesburg
A very sharp tree - we saw a lot of those.
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Spiky Tree
Johannesburg
A very sharp tree - we saw a lot of those.
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