From Aday.org
and from USA Today
How to get involved
Anyone in the world is welcome to participate in the Aday project. From farmers to students to astronauts, the goal is to document as broad a spectrum of daily life as possible. It doesn't matter what kind of camera you have, whether it's an expensive DSLR, a cheap point-and-shoot, a vintage film camera, or the camera on your cell phone. As long as you can get your photos online somehow, you can join the project.
On May 15, 2012, grab your camera and take some photographs of your life. Aday's goal reaches beyond that of some photo databases that are essentially dumps where photos get lost forever in a contextless morass. Aday organizers hope participants will include detailed information about who they are and what they have shot. Photograph anything that has meaning to you, however odd or inconsequential it may seem. The goal of this project is to document a day in the life of the world, however ugly, beautiful, mundane, or glorious it may be.
You can upload up to 10 images using Aday's simple upload tool. There are three basic categories: home, work, and connections. Within those categories are a host of subcategories such as Treasure and Junk, Power and Purpose, and Care and Fear, which can act as inspiration for your photography or simply allow you to categorize the photos you take.
A selection of some of the submitted photographs will also be included in a book about the project, A Day in the World, to be published in October 2012. There will be several exhibitions, both printed and digital, where selections of photos will be displayed. If any of your photos are selected for these, you'll be contacted for further permissions.
