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!

Shell
Another ruined house in the baixa area.
Entryway
And lastly, a front view of the ruined house.
Once Grand
You can see our friend standing their looking out over the ocean.
Ocean View
Of course, it would have had a good ocean view when it was actually being used, too. This is just a different kind of view.
Old House
Now this was cool to explore. It was probably an impressive house in its day, back when it was probably built by the Portuguese. It looks like it was probably burned many years ago, maybe even in the late 70s after their independence.
Old Door
A ruined building along the main road in the baixa.
Cliff Castle
Do I have to mention that this is worth a stop? Cause it is.
Montezuma Well
The day after we hiked and drove around Sedona, we headed South and stopped by Montezuma Well, a natural sinkhole that's constantly fed by underground springs at a lovely 76 F degrees. The 'well' does not support fish, but the water flows out through a 'swallet' and meets up with nearby Beaver Creek.
The area includes ruins (can you find them?) built by the Sinagua people that disappeared around 1400 for unknown reasons. The name is a misnomer, as Montezuma (Aztec) never made it this far North, but the people that first named it didn't know that.
I HIGHLY recommend stopping by, it's a very cool place with great information.
_12/20/10_ Cliff Castle
Today we left Sedona and headed South to Tucson. Along the way, we stopped at Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle, about 10 miles apart. Both are misnomers, named by early settlers that thought they were Aztec when, in fact, the Aztecs never made it this far North. They were built by the Sinagua people, who vanished from the area 500-600 years ago for reasons unknown.
This is obviously the 'castle', not the well. It's 100 feet off the ground and would have had ladders to get to it when it was in use. Other ruins are nearby, but none as spectacular as these - 4 levels built straight into the cliff.
I'll post more photos in a separate gallery, but in case you're wondering what the well is - it's a sinkhole that's fed by underground springs, so there's constant water at the bottom. Sinagua ruins are all around the rim, as well as inside the well. Both stops are just minutes from I-17 and they're well worth the stop. 

More photos!

[last year]
Shell
Another ruined house in the baixa area.
Shell
Another ruined house in the baixa area.
See photo in original gallery.
All photographs © Jonathan Wilson