Unfortunately, the story seems a lot more interesting than the actual pictures, but it appears that some enterprising fellow decided to drive from New York to San Francisco, and take photos every mile. Sounds like a great idea, albeit after about 6 days and 3,304 photos, I'm betting it wasn't oodles of fun in the end.
Matt began his roadside tableau in New York City, where he framed the Statue of Liberty and shot his first photo. Then he headed west to San Francisco on as straight a line as possible, a camera at his side clicking away at precise one-mile increments, for 3,304 miles.
And:
When Matt got to San Francisco and shot the Golden Gate Bridge at mile 3,304, he celebrated with a pizza and a beer. It was a Friday, six days after he left New York. He dismounted the camera, drove home, and was back in his office on Monday morning.
Check out his photos (in a not half-bad (or half good, I guess) Flash thing-a-ma-jig. Kodak also has a QuickTime movie of all 3304 stills in what must be the biggest slideshow ever.
Check out the photos and "Meet Matt", over at Kodak's site. The "Meet Matt" bit is actually a lot more interesting than the title suggests. It is more of a "How'd they do that" bit, explaining how he automated his SLR (yeah, it wasn't even a digital camera!) to take shots every mile.
Taken On The Road-American Mile Markers [Kodak via Lifehacker]
Posted by peter on February 24, 2005 at 05:56 PM