This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
Back in April of last year, we featured an interesting project by photographer Tanja Hollander. Dubbed The Facebook Portrait Project, Hollander has spent the last year travelling around the world and taking portraits of all her Facebook friends. The project’s motivation was half photographical and half philosophical, an exploration of the definition of “true” friendship that Hollander is still in the midst of today.
As she found out recently, however, she’s not the only one: photographer Ty Morin has embarked on a similar journey. And even though they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the amount of attention the press has been giving Morin’s imitation has left Hollander feeling anything but flattered.Morin’s project is called Friend Request: Accepted, and it finished a very successful (and then some) campaign on Kickstarter 7 days ago. With the money he raised, Morin plans to visit all 788 of his Facebook friends over the next few years, photograph them, and put together a “Friend Request: Accepted” film and photo series.
Here’s his Kickstarter video:As Morin’s has gained more and more momentum, Hollander has become increasingly agitated at the lack of attribution she’s gotten as …
By: DL Cade
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