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4 x 24 = 100

A 100 piece photography collection about time and change.

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Description:

4 x 24 = 100 is a 100 piece photography collection about time and change. In August 2016 I photographed 4 bollards in the harbour of Pašman, Croatia every single hour for 24 hours. Closely observing these bollards in a harbour every single hour of the day changed my perception of mundane things. Really, bollards are not that interesting usually.

The result is a marvellous change of colours as we go through the day. Each bollard telling a unique story, influenced by the time of day and its surrounding. In this collection you can collect each bollard for each hour individually, or get one of the collages that show the 24h change in different arrangements.

How this project started:

When I visited the harbour for the first time, I was immediately fascinated by the look of the bollards. Each one aged differently telling a unique story. They each had a different rust structure, some had just one other multiple ropes attached and each had different concrete floor and boats surrounding it.

I was definitely going to capture their story but didn’t know which bollards and time of day to choose.... Initially I wanted to only choose one bollard at one time of day, then 4 bollards and 4 times a day (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00). Then, although most work and my friends called me crazy, I decided for 4 bollards every hour of the day.

The Name:

If you want to document the a mundane object each hour of the day, you can into an interesting question. When exactly does the day end and when does it start? Is midnight still the old or already the new day? I decided to both document midnight 00:00 as well as the following midnight (24:00) and separate 4 bollards. This conveniently gives us the beautiful number “100”, although there are only 24hours in a day.

The Process:

I used a Sony A600 and a tripod to capture all images. None of them is edited and I tried to reflect my natural eye as best as I could. This means that I did not use a high ISO or a longer exposure for the night images e.g., just for the sake of showing more. The amount of detail in the very dark pictures was quite closely what I saw naturally at the day in time.

The experience of an hourly responsibility during a holiday with friends was insightful, fun and exhausting. I started to leave the house to photograph the first batch, when everyone else was relaxing and watching Netflix. During the night it took me roughly 30 minutes to capture each bollard. I used one tripod and had to find the exact same frame, each hour and each bollards again. The house was only 5 minutes away from the harbour, which meant once I was done, I would return back to the house and maybe join the Netflix marathon for before I had to leave again. This was the case until around 3am.

The morning hours got really tough. Once my friends went to bed I had to manage the time myself and show a high degree of discipline. Between the hours of 5:00 about 10:00, I decided to sleep right next to the bollards at the harbour. I was woken up by the birds and a fisherman, quietly following his routine. The morning hours brought some of the best pictures as well as some of the most interesting changes. For example the heavily red and blue photos are not at all edited, they are a reflection of the nearby boats’ color that was attached to the bollard.

During the sunny hours, my friends spent a day at the nearby beach, played some cards and when swimming. I joined them whenever I could. Here it took me only about 15-20 minutes to finish the entire process, which meant I had about 40 minutes each hour to spend with my friends.

The same pattern repeated when it turned dark again. I took longer for each shot, and left every 30 minutes or so to follow my duty.

I am really happy how this project turned out. This shows that if I had taken the easy path, only photographing one bollard at one time a day or a few bollards and a few times a day, I would have probably missed the most interesting shots. For me the effort was well worth the result.

In the same year, I printed each picture onto a 15x20 wooden frame and installed it in my room. In 2021 during Christmas I finally took down the gallery to make space for something new. However this project was with me for almost 5 years and I did want to turn it into a form that would be accessible outside of my personal photo library or children room. Since the hype of NFT’s I wanted to try it. This is how this NFT collection was born.

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