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Snapi el’s decision to partner with Worldwide Moment was an easy one. When we heard the idea that photographers all over the world would be shootingat the e act same moment in time, our imaginations went wild with the pos-

sibilities o the event. We’re happy to present to you what did happen on that day,October 10, 2010 at 10:10 AM GMT ( or us locally, 3:10 in the morning!)

The issue is arranged geographically. From each continent, there are participantsrom multiple countries. In addition, we have interviews rom participants all over

the world—letting us know a little bit about themselves and why they chose to par-ticipate in the event. All in all, there’s a nicely pieced portrait o the globe!

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George Clooney plays requent- yer Ryan Bingham in the movieUp In The Air . Ryan is orced by his land-locked Julie to travel with a cumbersome cardboard-cut-out engagement photo o her and fanc Jim, with the mpictures o the cut-out in ront o various places around the United States. It’s a ridiculous burden or h

it. In the end, the little photo project reveals itsel to be so charming, necessary, and reasonable to Ryan, that it dselfshness to generosity.

A ter organi ing the Worldwide Moment event annually or our years with limited to no budget, I’m beginninand Jim—a humble, rugal entity with good intentions and nothing but aith in a concept and a community. I’mto wake up at 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:10 AM on a weekend just to take a photo? What? Why?

I think this special issue o Snapi el maga ine will fnally help answer those questions.

Worldwide Moment is a very simple concept: everyone around the world takes a photo at the same instant. It’s aand perspective e periment to help us grow and continue learning about our shared home in a peace ul manner

In this issue you’ll fnd more than just photos and captions rom one moment in time. We’ve interviewed some ophers to learn about their stories and their world. Though it’s a world you and I may never be able to physically viconnected to it.

Un ortunately, we could only choose a select number o photos rom our 10.10.10 event or this issue, so I apol was not selected. But I encourage you to visit or re-visit our web gallery at worldwidemoment.org. There you’ll fnand stories rom a single moment in time.Each year I wonder i I’ll have the tenacity and energy to host this event again. But it’s because o supporters liand the Snapi el team that I fnd the drive. I encourage your suggestions and ideas or the uture. Please eelat [email protected].

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A couple o months ago, a riend told me that I reminded him o a Russian Doll. As I day-

dreamed about mysel on the set o ashion photographer Mario Testino’s shoot, I soon real-i ed that my riend meant ‘Russian Nesting Doll,’ an object with many layers that’s a little bitdi erent every time. A Russian nesting doll is reliable in nature. You always know what you’regoing to get. And yet, or some reason, we always eel the need to get to the bottom and fndthe very last layer inside. We think, how small will the last layer be?

Like a nesting doll, each o us is a multi-layered vessel. It would be oolish and irresponsibleto defne ourselves without the much needed perspective in relation to one another. Identi y-ing with another begs sel -scrutiny, a di fcult task that most o us struggle with daily. Thus, Worldwide Moment asks the question, “Where do we intersect? How does photography asa community-driven art project represent lives around the world with one collective click?How do we see ourselves when we take that one shot, and what story does it relate within thecultural conte t?

At its worst, a nesting doll is unmatched, scattered, ractured, and incapable o ftting together. At its best, it is lined up, orderly, one inside the other. As we try to ft our parts together wereali e that some will never ft because they have become warped, broken, and untethered.Sometimes in the attempt to f something, we have to break it down and start anew, building

rom a clean slate. Worldwide Moment is a lesson or some to see how hard it is or many o usto update our real lives with true human intersection. Our culture has dri ted so ar rom thereality o ourselves that we ail to even know who we are, and who we want to be. I we aren’tactively paying attention, we have to wonder who we become and how others see us.

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I have a con ession to make. Last year, I ound out about Worldwide Moment right be ore theevent. At the last minute, I decided hal heartedly to take a photo at the assigned time. It wasa defning moment or me. As an illustration o my own li e and o mysel , I didn’t identi y with it one bit. I thought, “This isn’t a moment rom my li e; this moment belongs to someoneelse. How is this me?” I ailed to actually load my photo online last year because I elt mis-represented. Or so I thought. But as I looked through the gallery I reali ed that a woman in Australia took a photo that represented ‘me,’ and a guy in Japan took a photo that represented‘me.’ In every culture, I ound a shot that was a layer o ‘me.’ I also ailed to reali e that my shotrepresented someone else. Worldwide Moment is the conduit or us to look to one another

and identi y with the many layers o our own Nesting Dolls.Photography illustrates our love, technique, sel -worth, hatred, narcissism, and beauty. Weidenti y with certain themes that represent a glimpse o our culture and ourselves whetherit is the ocean, the concrete jungle, the sublime, and the surreal. Looking in the mirror wehave a singular perspective. Looking at ourselves through another lens is empowering andthrough this e ercise we reali e we are not alone. I distinctly remember seeing a photo recently in a maga ine o a person lying in bed, an image depicting e haustion. Were they sick, tired,bored? We have all been that person, i only or one moment. This is the essence and core o Worldwide Moment, a moment in ourselves that we acknowledge through someone hal way around the world. Or right ne t door. This reali ation can come through an image o some-one’s mother, a gun-toting soldier in A ghanistan, a child’s hand, the sweet kiss o a lover, adog in the kitchen, the light through a bedroom window, or a mud hut in A rica. WorldwideMoment is an illustration o humanity. One layer at a time.

When we die, we all become one. Or at least I’d like to think. I your perspective di ers, I wishyou the best o luck controlling your fnal destination. What we do know is that we are made

rom the same blood, cells, organs, and reptilian brains. We all laugh, cry, ear. Soon, we areall ashes to ashes and dust to dust. It doesn’t matter how much money we have, what shoes we wear, who we become, who we impress, or what God we worship.

In my own e ort to ace my own reality, I moved orward with a new social e periment: go-ing without makeup or si ty days. Thirty days in, people started to notice. They cocked their

heads and said, “Something is di erent about you. Did you cut your hair? You look younger,you look older, you look tired, you look tan.” And yet, this is just what I look like. Like my driver’s license me. Light brown hair, blue eyes, olive skin like my Italian grand ather. I we allset aside our Bibles, Qurans, hate, religions, ears and mascara or one moment, we would seethat we are all just human. Raw, unfnished. Or to quote the poet Rumi, “We come spinningout o nothingness, scattering stars like dust.” At night, many o us discard our daily lives, en- joying the closest state to birth we will ever e perience, makeup and clothing- ree, eyes closed,breathing, dreaming. Waiting to come back into the world, new again. For me, WorldwideMoment is a chance to dream again.

My moment at 3:10 am was spent ollowing a wild buck down the street in San Francisco. Inthis eeting moment marked by the clip-clop o hooves, it was chasing tasty rosebuds downone o the city’s majestic garden paths. It ed at the sound o my boots and le t me standingdirectly beneath a white angel o stone. Although this angel will never sport a single wrinkleover time, I think it represents me per ectly. I identifed with the strength, the survival throughthe storms, the raw, unfnished quality. She will stand orever. When I walk down Baker Street,I will see my Moment again and again, orever a layer o strength inside my Russian doll. I liketo think that Worldwide Moment will eventually become the outside layer o a modern Rus-sian doll that will delight each o us. Hope ully, like a child, each o us will be enticed to openit up to view every last intersection o our e panding, yet shrinking world. And hope ully, likeour perspectives, as we break them down and take them apart, we will always know how to putthem back together.

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souThPlease introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you live.

People call me Ca - I live in Cape town, South A rica, and love it! I am an e -teacher, cur-ently a stay at home Mom to two gorgeous boys, and I have started a small photography

business.Share something about your country that others may not know. A special ood, socialcustom, religious custom, or activity that is unique to where you live.

National Braai day! 24th September. Braai is the South A rican word or barbecue. We usewood [not gas] or charcoal, and it is the most wonder ul way to spend the day with riendsor amily. Our National Heritage day has become a “braai day” - as all cultures in South A ri-ca enjoy a good braai. Each culture has their own variation, but mostly, it’s the same concept.People braai prawns, and whole lamb, and make mai e meal [pap] and toasted sandwichesand braaied mushrooms and vegetables. It’s ama ing. Diversity in similarity!What drew you to participate in Worldwide Moment and how would you describe theconnection you eel towards other people participating?

The whole essence o grabbing bits in time, around the world is too cool not to participate!t is why I take photographs, and to be part o so many people doing the same thing, at the

same time – goose bump moment. :) you could shoot a picture o anything in the world what would it be?

wish I had been able to attend the many World Cup Soccer events here – those photo-graphs would have been ama ing. I am still more inclined to not want to capture anythingbig and ama ing, but rather small moments. Li e goes by so quickly, that the little things areo ten glossed over and orgotten. A grandparent and grandchild moment, where their eyessparkle, and they both just enjoy each other thoroughly – playing scrabble, walking, smell-ng owers. That would be my ideal image.

What prevents peace? Both personally and between nations?

think pride and an unwillingness to understand where each side is coming rom preventspeace. Placing onesel in the other persons’ shoes or fve minutes could change many things.Thank you or an ama ing opportunity to chat about my country and my views!

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Chrisna HerbstPretoria, South A rica“The lady in the photo is calledMavis, and she is holding my

birthday present - which is aPilchard’s clock. Pilchards aretinned Sardines in a tomatosauce. It’s an old time avou-rite in South A rica! Best eatenmashed up on toast.”

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Razafndralambo Hery NirinaMadagascar“This picture was taken near myhome in Anosy Antananarivo, apoor market where people canbuy used clothes and shoes,as li e is very hard and very ex-pensive in Madagascar (72% o the population live in poverty.)Most people can’t a ord newthings bought in shops.”

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Molly Hart MilroyGulu, Uganda“I am here working with Invis-ible Children, an organizationthat improves the quality o li e or war-a ected childrenby providing access to qualityeducation, enhanced learningenvironments, and innovativeeconomic opportunities or thecommunity.”

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ziano Nienyu Hsieh Taicheng, Taiwan010/10/10. This day is Taiwan’s National Holiday. Taiwan is now 99 years old and the next year we will celebrate the 100ththday. Me, I’m a 20-year-old girl who was born here, grew up here, and still lives here in Taiwan. I love this country. A terenty years with the Taiwanese, I am still impressed by the people who live here. This city, Taichung, is ull o energy, hope,d joy.


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Hamad AlSarra Kuwait“There are moments in our lives, that echo through eternity, with aclick rom the camera. On October 10th, 2010 at 10:10 GMT alongwith photographers rom all over the world, that moment was takento echo the view o Kuwait City, taken rom the Free Trade Zone.”


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iran Please introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you liMy name is Shokoo eh. I am twenty fve years old and last year I fniVisual Communication at the University o Art in Tehran, Iran. Now lance graphic designer, take photographs and write a blog. Tehran is m

What drew you to participate in Worldwide Moment and how would you describthe connection you eel towards other people participating?

I believe in Global Village. So saying yes to Worldwide Moment wouaction. I think events like this orce us to become more involved withgive us more knowledge about our global duties.

How will did you decide what to shoot or the event?

My subjects or photography always resemble the concept o simplichow little things can bring joy and happiness to our daily lives. Thatvery small can e press a priceless thought. A beauti ul ower intekindness makes or peace.

I you could switch places with someone and live in any country where would live?

Currently I dream o living in Iceland. And that is or now. I you askanswer would be South Korea or maybe a little town in France. I am s

I you could speak another language fuently what would it be?

German, certainly.

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Please introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you live.

I am Deepesh Kumar Singh, working in clinical research industry and I live in o India, Bangalore.

What is your experience/inspiration with photography?

When I was a kid I use to think how maga ines or books got the lovely picturesand people. And that’s how my inclination towards photography started. Till noand shoot camera, even though I have done enough research about DSLR camenet), I think more e posure to the photographic techniques is required be oreDSLR camera. I am still learning photography and there is a long way to go.

I you could switch places with someone and live in any country where would you live?

A country where I could move around without being worried and it has got lgreen cover. I think locality and surroundings are just the added elements to youplace would be the best place i you can live in peace and harmony with your r


I think communication can open all the closed doors and being able to communiing hence we should use it in the most constructive way. I think the most spokeSpanish, English and Hindi. Out o these three languages I have no clue about would love to learn it.

What is your biggest ear about the world today?

The biggest ear about the world today is, e hausting all available natural resouing enough to conserve what is still available. We are inventing ways to utili e nor e ploit nature but very ew e orts in conserving what is le t. We as humandone everything around us. There are so many things to be worried about, take Tigers, now i we don’t do anything seriously or their conservation soon we’ll hand videos only or the ne t generation. Then in the name o urbani ation/deveating up the hills and mountains. We cannot just go on blaming government boignorance about the nature/wildli e/cleanliness. How many o us can say prothat at least I do practice clean and green policy? We have to take action at the and then only these actions together will have a greater impact at a global level.india

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Yaelle David Tel Aviv, Israel“My neighbor and I photographed each other through the window o my door, with a peace ower on our heads.”

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Toni Handoko Yogyakarta Indonesia“Tugu Yogyakarta is one o the historical monuments in YogyakartaIndonesia, also known as ‘student city’. The monument is located inthe middle o major crowded intersections. Even as night alls, theschool and university students gather in the surrounding courtyard

just to come together, joke, take pictures, or even touch the monu-ment - because there is a myth that i a student touches the monu-ment, he or she will be able to fnish his or her studies.”

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phillipinesPlease introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you live.

am Twinkle De Los Reyes. I am a writer living in Manila, Philippines. I own a small,ndependent branding and design studio, and when I’m not working I spend my time

writing, reading and taking photographs.

Share something about your country that others may not know. A special ood,ocial custom, religious custom, or activity that is unique to where you live.

We Filipinos have a way o greeting our elders as a sign o respect. It’s called “mano”,where we take the elder’s hand and place it on our orehead. We do this to our parents,grandparents, uncles and aunts, and other older relatives or elders, and especially whenwe arrive at and be ore we leave their house.

How did you decide what to shoot or the event?

went into this project unplanned. I wanted to be completely spontaneous. Last yearhe Worldwide Moment came to me while I was making lists early in the morning, such

a banal thing to do but actually brings a semblance o order in an otherwise chaotic li e.This year, I was on my way home rom a trip with two o my closest riends, and haveprobably spent the best weekend yet. My photo was nothing spectacular, but the signif-cance o taking it was: because I was in the company o people I love and because I havenever been happier than at that moment.

you could switch places with someone and live in any country where would youive?

would like to trade places with Frances Mayes in her past, even or just one day, so Ican eel the warm Tuscan sun on my ace and work on her Bramasole.


The belie that power and money can solve our problems, can satis y us, and can ulfllour needs. We have to dare to dream o a world where people come frst be ore greedand politics. Here in my country we are trying to do that now, but the journey is long. have big dreams and I know I can’t be deterred by people who say that times are hardor dreamers. A ter all, my philosophy has always been sung by John Lennon: “You may

say that I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one”

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I’m Solomon Freeman, aka Wise Freeman (Solomon stands or Wisdom, in other wthe moniker “WiseFreeman“). I’m a li etime entrepreneur and reelance pro essphotographer, now living my lost youth a ter bankruptcy in 2007. For more detavisit my o fcial autobiography: http://I.Am.WiseFreeman.com

Share something about your country that others may not know. A special ood, social customreligious custom, or activity that is unique to where you live.

I’m currently living in Malaysia, a country that is divided into two distinct regionslaysia and East Malaysia. It’s a beauti ul country where it’s summer all year roumulti-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious country. Malaysia’s racial mi ture gas diverse as it is delicious, it’s simply a culinary delight.


When I was little, our amily was poor and we didn’t have the lu ury to own a pr world o photography totally strange to me. I didn’t had the opportunities to tak what happened around me. Even though I owned a humble digital camera back indays, I didn’t have the urge to press that shutter button that o ten.

Much later I su ered lacunar amnesia, resulting rom fnancial mis ortune in myi ed how big o a memory pu le I had lost and couldn’t recall what the happiyouth was, and that sparked my need or a proper digital camera in 2008.

My frst inspiration with photography was through the National Geographic maga i

up rom a second-hand bookstore. There were stunning photographs that could telout any word, and that truly opened up my curiosity to the world. Now I’m very new job as a documentary photographer, and that the “decisive moments” that I preceived so much praise rom the public.

What drew you to participate in Worldwide Moment and how would you describe the connec-tion you eel towards other people participating?

I frst read about Worldwide Moment last year rom my riend in Austria. A ter all about, I just knew that I had to be part o this worldwide phenomenon or worlsimple to participate, all you have to do is to take a photo o what you’re doing aat e actly the specifc time.

The eeling o being able to be part o a worldwide event, creating positive awauting to world peace, it really pulled a lot o people rom all walks o li e arouinvolved in 1 same goal toward the greater good. It’s very e citing and I’m alreadto ne t year WWM 11.11.11 ;-)

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I will defnitely go or Japan. Japan has been a dreamland or me ever since I wcountry. I love their rich culture, social practices, and technologies.

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asMania Please introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you live.

My name is Naomi Schindler. I am a photographer living in Launceston, Tasmanimoved here around fve years ago rom Sydney, and adore it. It is small, but breath

ul. As much as I miss my big-city home, I love living here.


I ell in love with photography in high school, and went on to study Fine Arts at vast majority o my work was photographic. I eel lucky to have studied in the timdarkroom. There is nothing like time standing still as your work appears be ore youred light, with the vinegary smell o the chemicals. Most o my work at uni dealt w

orm or another, and looking upwards, looking downwards, looking inwards. Theever wanted to do was photograph people.

When I le t uni I started work or a photographic studio chain – which was botterrible all at the same time. Whilst creativity was severely stumped, I learnt that s was about the relationship between you and the subject – and that everyone deserphoto o themselves.

I opened my photography business our years ago, and we speciali e in shooting pamilies, boudoir, ashion. I have a lot o un with my clients, getting them com

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I retted over what to take.. I had many discussions about how I had a complete mtotal brick wall between mysel and the subject o my WWM. And then I reali ethat wasn’t the point. So I rela ed, sat back, and stopped thinking about it.

In the end I took a photograph o a car park. Whist organi ing or WWM, Rowenlot o time in this car park drinking ro en coke and brainstorming. It is where I pais a convenient place or a quick meeting between the billions o other things we joke that this is where I should take my WWM pic - and the joke became an actualiit is such a peace ul place at night. So completely unprepared I grabbed the shot –a tripod, guessing composition, and praying ocus hit somewhere near OK.


I would say Dutch, or amily reasons. Mind you, those clever Dutch mostly speaently. I wish being bilingual was something that came easily to me, but I am SO blanguages. Five years o German lessons and I am lucky to be able to count to 1 Japanese lessons and I remember even less.

I you could shoot a picture o anything in the world what would it be?

My whole amily – in the one place, at the one time. Both e tended sides. Sapphonestly how I eel.

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Rik Heijmen Amsterdam, Netherlands“Dries (7) and me (38) on our way to the beach on beauti ul Sunday. Stopped at the roadside at 12:10 lotime in Bloemendaal aan Zee, on our way to visit rieA per ect (worldwide) moment.”

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Alex Kontis U.K.“Having only been at university or one week, I wasn’t sure where would be a good place to take a photo, so I walkearound campus or about 10 minutes taking random le ts and rights and came across a play area, which is strange tsee on a university campus since there are no children to be ound anywhere. I took a seat or a couple o minutes unThe Moment to think about how there would be people all over the world in the same position as me now, armed with acamera or phone about to take a photograph. Such a simple idea but a great one at that. I then fred up the Hipstamaticapp in my iPhone, allowed the app to choose the lens, ash and flm settings, and here’s what happened. I couldn’t behappier with the outcome. I hope everyone else that took part enjoyed their Moment. A huge thank you Brett or alhis work, and here’s to next year!”

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Jorge Artajo Reykjavik, Iceland“This is a photo o the Hamborgara Búllan, oneo the most amous and popular spots in Reyj-kavik. I went to Reykjavik or the celebration o John Lennon’s 70th birthday, and I thought that itwas the right place to take a photos or the morn-ing a ter the lighting o the Image Peace Tower in Viðey Island. The clock at the top o the buildingstopped one day, years ago, at fve past 4:00, butthe photo was taken at 10:10 a.m. on a sunny, still,quiet morning. I stuck an “imagine peace” post-card to the poster to emphasize the idea o peacein the photograph.”

Kamilla and Herman The Netherlands“We are happy! We have nothing more toabout our picture.”

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My name is Edel Gribbin, I am currently 22 and I live in the outskirts o a small town in theNorth o Ireland. It’s quite a small community, but a peace ul one which is quite a rare thingin this part o the country. I’m a ull time student studying Photography with a wonder ulbunch o riends. When I’m not working on my latest assignments I spend my time playing

music. I’ve been playing music since I was very young and I have many strings to bow.Share something about your country that others may not know. A special ood, socialcustom, religious custom, or activity that is unique to where you live.

My country has been very divided over the last 50 years or more. There has been a lot o fghting and bombing between di erent religious communities. Within the last 15 years wehave had the chance to vote or peace which the majority o the country said yes to, but thishasn’t helped to stop the fghting. Lately it has mainly been dissidents bombing and threaten-ing our country that has turned it into what it is today. All that aside, Northern Ireland isa antastic place ull o culture, creativity and “the craic”. It just takes a ew rotten apples tospoil its taste.


My shoot or the 2010 event will be inspired by my amily, which is the oundation o my photography inspiration. I’m still having a think about how I will promote peace in my photographs.


I’d like to photograph the places Ansel Adams shot between the 1930’s and 1950’s. He cap-tured a peace ul serenity between a energetic gloomy skyline. It’s these two contrasts are makehis images burst with wonder and intrigue.


When two sides o an argument don’t understand why they are arguing there will be no roomor peace in this world.

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Ira Vollenberg Düsseldor , Germany“I am a big an or creative analog photography, especially Lomography andPolaroid pictures. When I read about theWorldwide Moment, I absolutely wantedto participate. It’s a great idea to see whatpeople all over the world do at the samemoment! Because I wanted to see i mpicture turned out, and not to wait or thelaboratory to develop the flm, I decidedto take a Polaroid shot with the new coloflm o the impossible project. Our locatime was 12:10. I would have like to havdone something more special, but whenit came to the moment, we just fnished

break ast, and my girl riend was still ting in ront o the computer, as we hadvery lazy Sunday. I handed her the signand took a Polaroid o her. Later that daywe went or a walk to the park and toopictures o the color ul autumn leaves -was a sunny day.”

Robin Oudheusden Amsterdam, Netherlands“Celebrating love, respect, and understanding on World-wide Moment.”

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Tammi Cornett United States“Rolling out o bed at 5 am not sure what to take a picture o , I decided to take a picture the bed. The bed that is now just or me. My husband is a soldier and the Army gave ha job to do in Iraq. Our bed is my peace, the place to rest my head a ter another long daywithout my husband. But I know that each day we are apart, we are one more day closer tbeing together. Peace to the world.”

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Enrique Cintron Puerto Rico“This is the frst ortifed structure on the island o Puerto Rico, andwas a key part in de ending the island or the Spanish. It is now aWorld Heritage Site declared by the United Nations. “

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Meghann Prouse United States“Love like you mean it.”

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Rod Blackhurst. Motion picture director. Photographer. Currently living in way o Denver, Colorado. I like small towns, diners ( avorite: Miss AlbaNY), autumn, the saw as an instrument, blue cheese, club soda, crowd partpearing acts, and getting eight hours o sleep.

What drew you to participate in Worldwide Moment and how would you describe thconnection you eel towards other people participating?

Through our common past in rock and roll, I was introduced via a mutual ounder Brett Brownell in 2006. Since then we’ve had the opportunity to

projects together and I’m looking orward to collaborating with him again

I elt the strongest connection this year to my fanc e who was a time onthe middle o the night as well to take her WWM photograph.


Having grown up in a rural community with a population o si teen hunshoot a series o Irving Penn inspired portraits o every person in town. able to shoot uncensored in the North Korean capital o Pyongyang.

PS – Dear Pete Sou a, i you ever plan on leaving your position as o fphotographer, let me know.


Every day I grow more and more concerned with the radical religious rightin the United States. Freedom o religion includes the right to practice no ryet there are radical religious activists who want their set o belie s impoas a whole unequivocally.


Lack o education. Much o the social unrest within the United States todlack o knowledge and a misrepresentation o the acts by the media, whopinions o those who are under educated. The same is true o global issue Americans still believe that Saddam Hussein was in possession o weapontion and that Al Quaeda was operating in Iraq prior to the invasion in 2003majority o Americans believed then President George Bush. Think how dilandscape would be right now i Americans rom the President down to thad made educated and intelligent decisions on the issues.

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usa/denverase introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you live.

wn K2 Photo Studio in Denver, CO with my wi e. We shoot all types o subject mat-and our studio has catered to private and commercial clients nationwide. I’m a musicer, an avid guitar player, and ull time gadget enthusiast. I grew up sailing in Southorida, but was blown by the winds o Hurricane Andrew to Austin, Te as. There I metwi e and high school sweetheart. I got and beat cancer when I was 25 and decided to

things di erently rom then on. My wi e and I bought a 1955 Chevy, packed our bagsd moved to Denver to e plore. We now hike and ski regularly, and spends my summersmped out at Red Rocks watching live music.

at is your experience/inspiration with photography?

e been interested in photography since I was a young boy. My parents used to take themera away rom me because I would go through rolls o flm on any camera they loaded.ied to take a photography class when I was in high school, but I could never get any-ng in ocus. I fnally fgured out that I had needed glasses si years later. Once I f edt minor obstacle, I bought a frst generation DSLR, shot as many pictures as I could,

d never worried about flm again. Now I have a strong desire to go back and shoot largermat on flm. Or use pinhole cameras, or Holgas, and my dream camera is a Leica M6.

at drew you to participate in Worldwide Moment and how would you describe thenection you eel towards other people participating?

hink it is an ama ing concept. To be able to see into the lives o thousands o peopleat the same moment is just such a unique idea. I'm really torn as to whether I like thee ully cra ted shots o the pro photographers or the real and candid camera phone picsre. It's just such an engaging e perience to go through the gallery and see what all these

ople eel they have to communicate with their one shot until ne t year. It's like people Iess, some are happy or sad, some are ormal, some are just ama ingly candid and in thement.

you could shoot a picture o anything in the world what would it be?

y unborn child. He/She is due in March o 2011, and I'd really love to get a sneak peek.t year I might say the dining room o the shipwrecked Andrea Doria, or a million other

ngs, but this year that's what's on my mind.

at is your biggest ear about the world today?

eel political discourse has grown so aggressive rom all sides. There are a million medialets that serve as echo chambers that only rein orce a one-sided view o the world. There

no grey area le t any more where compromise and reason can be e plored. Political deci-ns are made based on care ully cra ted wedge issues and not necessarily the bettermentour society as a whole. People don’t challenge their own assumptions, or dig beneath the

ace o their belie s to understand why they believe what they do and whether that ideaeally worth fghting or.

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Fabián Garcilita R.V. Mexico City, MexicoA view o Mexico City at night, into the desert city that is

ull o cars and people during the day.”

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Mike Schweizer San Francisco, United States“A shot o the eastern portion o San Francisco, taken rom upper Market Street. The prominenstreet in the center o the image is the main portion o Market street, and the San Francisco-OaklandBay bridge can be seen in the upper right hand o the photograph.”

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On an early ight out o or olk, Virginia. Sunrisemewhere over the East-n Shore.”

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canadaPlease introduce yoursel , tell us a little bit about what you do and where you live.

My name is Catherine Koch, I am rom Vancouver BC Canada. A ter recently spending nine months on the Ae er to Vancouver as my home base when I will not be in A rica in the uture!

n 2007 I sponsored mysel and went to A rica to connect directly with some o the millions o orphaned childrom a UN document titled “The State O The World’s Children” that there were an estimated 12,000,000 orphaSaharan A rica in 2007, due to HIV/AIDS alone, and a increase to 20,000,000 was projected or 2010, and that waorphaned by HIV/AIDS. All other considerations, including war, other diseases and in some countries short li e estimate or 2010 was closer to 50 million, which is more people than the entire population o Canada.

Since my return to Canada I have ounded a small charity called “Love Is The Answer” - LITA - and our intention ibetween people here in the West and orphaned children in A rica, share awareness, help to connect and build reLove and empowerment to orphaned and vulnerable children in A rica, towards a sel -sustainable uture. We do nd unds in the West that provide direct, hand to hand, support or small, community based, community direc

organi ations striving to support large numbers o orphans in their communities, and also by working one on ore growing up in “child headed amilies.” Presently our projects are in Uganda, and we hope over time to reac

neighboring countries as well.

hare something about your country that others may not know. A special ood, social custom, religious custom, or activity thats unique to where you live.

eel very blessed and most grate ul to have been born in Canada. I think what I enjoy most and what makes Che world is the huge amount o diversity that can be ound all across her, rom sea to sea to sea. Be it her landsc

people, her opportunities, her resources, her religious and spiritual belie s, as well as her general goodwill, politendesire or peace and harmony at home and throughout the world. Perhaps it’s because on any given street, in manone can see and e perience a great many cultures and countries rom around the world represented, living or th

ully... everyone able to smile in the same language!

How will / did you decide what to shoot or the event?

As WWM approached, I was fnishing work on a little model o a proposed child care center that will serve orphanThe model is destined or an elementary school here in Vancouver who are generously holding “loonie and twoni

und raisers or the kids “LITA” supports in Uganda. I thought i I could arrange or the Director o the commn Uganda who is organi ing the project there to photograph some o the children who will one day beneft rom tenter, we would match up the photos and that would be un. To see the kids in real time and the proposed project

one day, as a model, still a “dream,” i you will...


have no ear about the world today. I have Joy and Love! The world is over owing with individuals and energies human kindness and peace and tolerance to one another. We are coming to reali e, more and more every day, that ll are here to Love and to be Loved. It’s very wonder ul!


Or, i we turn that question around, what promotes peace?

Choosing it in our hearts, in our every thoughts and actions. Our remembering, there is no way to peace. Peace ISohn Lennon ~ “Love and Peace are eternal.” We just all need to wake up, remember and choose it! And we are!

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Steve Radcli e Virginia Beach, United States“This image was captured rom a small beach on thNorth Landing River in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The osound was a jumping fsh, the only movement a dissipat-ing ripple on the water. I believe the serenity re ected bythis image speaks to the peace we all seek in this worldTo attain it, we must respect our di erences.”


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Guillermo Palavecino Argentina“The 10.10.10 was, or me as a hobbyist photographer, an inspiring way to thin a big picture way. For that, thank you very much!”

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I am the EchoStar 11 Satellite, an American communication satellite and I live appro imately 22,300 miles (34,700Km) above the Earth.


I am inspired by what I see daily: dramatic images o Earth and occasional views o the Moonand Venus. The regular night/day cycle, weather patterns, and seasonal changes in the west-ern hemisphere are clearly visible in the continuous Earth view o North America, CentralAmerica and South America.

The DISH Earth camera on board o ers a 30 degree 22.4 degree feld-o -view. The ‘eyes’ o the camera observes objects in the visible spectrum, similar to the human eye, with a resolu-tion o about 20 km per pi el. The camera’s image rate is one rame per every 15 seconds.The camera was developed in conjunction with EchoStar satellite engineers and teams romEcliptic Enterprises Corporation and Space Systems/Loral.


My language is digital, ones and eros, and it is actually universal, everybody understands it.


I was lucky to shoot a picture showing the shadow o the Moon, cast during a rare solareclipse. It is wonder ul!


I am always concerned when I see hurricanes traveling in the Atlantic.


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EDITOR

ART DIRECTOR

CONTRIBUTINGPHOTOGRAPHERS:

KAITLYN ELLISON

ADAM OLIVER

ROBIN LAM

BRETT BROWNELLLIzABETH MEUSE

COPY EDITOR

CONTRIBUTING

WRITERS:

ADNAN FARAz

ALLEN KLOSOWSKI

AzIz MAAzOUz

ALEx KONTIS

BáRA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR

CATHERINE KOCH

CATHERINE “CAz” SCOTT

CHRISNA HERBST

CLOé THOMMELIN

DANIELLE KIERNEL

DEEPSH KUMAR SINGH

ECHOSTAR 11 SATELLITE

EDEL GRIBBIN

ENRIQUE CINTRON

FABIáN GARCILITA R.V.

GAURAB RAJ PANT

GUILLERMO PALAVECINO

HAMAD ALSARRAF

IRA VOLLENBERG

JARROD MOUTON

JORGE ARTAJO

KAMILLA HENSEMA

MEGHANN PROUSE

MIKE SCHWEIzER

MOLLY HART MILROY

NAOMI SCHINDLER

RAzAFINDRALAMBO HERY NIRINA

RIK HEIJMEN

ROBIN OUDHEUSDEN

ROD BLACKHURST

ROLAND STAIB

SHOKOOFEH DEzFULI

SOLOMON FREEMAN

STEVE RADCLIFFE

TAMMI CORNETT

TIzIANO NIENYU HSIEH

TONI ALVARADO

TONI HANDOKO

TWINKLE DE LOS REYES

VICKY WEBB

VINCENT BAIF

VLADO KEKOC

YAELLE DAVID

YUDIT ILANY

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