Today’s obsession with collecting lies in the act of photographing. Our digital footprints allow us to become immortal, and moments, places and people are captured; documenting the passage of time through the archive of imagery and the changing faces staring out from the paper. Facebook is an extraordinary example of this, individuals documenting their own existence and projecting it back in to the world as evidence. 

Existence is an interactive artwork, in which participants exchange a passport-sized photo for a link to a blog upon which all the images will be added. The photos can be from any year, and can be a portrait of friends, family, or of the participant themselves. The images will also be compiled as part of a book, acting as a mini museum that documents a series of faces belonging to strangers brought together by the project. 

www.existenceproject.blog.com