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name: "The Disposable Memory Project"
subtitle: "784 images from 500+ found disposable cameras worldwide"
date: 2026-06-21
link: "https://www.disposablememoryproject.org/"
linkText: "disposablememoryproject.org"
source: "Web Curios"
topics: [general-delight]
tags: [archive, photography, participatory-art, global]
description: "Between 2008–2013, artist Matthew Knight released 500+ disposable cameras worldwide; 33 were returned, producing 784 images from 557 contributors across 73 countries."
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Between 2008 and 2013, artist Matthew Knight released over 500 disposable cameras into the world; 152 were found, 33 returned, producing 784 images from 557 contributors across 73 countries. The archive documents what strangers chose to photograph with a found camera — an accidental portrait of the world's casual, unguarded moments. One of the more human things on the internet.
