Freelancer's global project attracts 1,300 images
Photographs were taken at 4am local time for collaborative Flickr collection
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More than 1,300 photographs have been submitted as part of global photography project led by UK freelancer Karen Strunks. The 4am Project asked anyone with a camera to take a photo at 4am local time on Saturday, April 4, to create a global snapshot.
Images were uploaded to the project's Flickr tag from the US and Australia, as well as from throughout the UK, Strunks, who led a photography walk of more than 30 people through Birmingham at 4am, told Journalism.co.uk.
Contributors were encouraged to tell the stories behind their pictures: one Miami photographer ended up in a car chase, while another US photographer entered photos taken at 4am in two different time zones.
The project has received very positive feedback, she added, and Strunks is asking for feedback on what to do next.
"Different countries got involved around the world, so it has done what it set out to do. If I could apply for some kind of funding or sponsorship it would help me continue to grow it," she said.
Strunks started the project after participating in a part-time photography course and posting her own 4am photos to her blog .
Photos from the project can be seen in the slideshow below:
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Laura Oliver is a freelance journalist, a contributor to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, co-founder of The Society of Freelance Journalists and the former editor of Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
