On behalf of the New York Times photography blog Lens, I would like to invite you and your colleagues to join us in a global project called A Moment in Time. Thousands of photographers of all experience levels will be capturing the same moment on Sunday, May 2nd at 15:00 U.T.C. That’s 8 a.m. in Los Angeles, 11 a.m. in New York City and Santo Domingo, 4 p.m. in Algiers and Paris, 7 p.m. in Moscow and 11 p.m. in Beijing.
This is the first step in trying to connect photographers around the world.
We are asking participants to think about where they want to be and what they will focus on. Consider how to represent yourself, and your community, with one image.
To help stimulate ideas we are suggesting the following categories for images:
- Community
- Play
- Nature and the Environment
- Family
- Work
- Arts and Entertainment
- Money and the Economy
- Religion
- Social Issues
Photos should be no larger than 5 MB, ideally 1000 pixels wide or more. In keeping with photojournalistic standards, please keep Photoshopping to a minimum.
After you take your photos, submit your best image as soon as possible to http://submit.nytimes.com/moment . The link will go live that morning, directing you to a Web form. You will be asked to categorize your photos by location and subject, and to include a caption that helps tell the story.
Photos will quickly appear on the Lens Blog and The New York Times Web site. Your photo will be displayed in our A Moment in Time display, and may also be spotlighted in a Lens post. Please feel free to contact me with any comments or suggestions.
Check the Lens Blog for more information about A Moment in Time.
A Moment in Time is open to everyone. The project will be greatly enriched with your help. Please spread the word far and wide.
By submitting to The New York Times, you are promising that the content is original, doesn’t plagiarize from anyone or infringe a copyright or trademark, doesn’t violate anybody’s rights and isn’t libelous or otherwise unlawful or misleading. You are agreeing that we can use your submission on Lens, the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, and in the online and print version of the New York Times promoting or referring to the Lens post. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments regarding these terms.”