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“The whole of Britain is divided up into Ordnance Survey maps, so I bought the local map of where I live. It covers 20 kilometers by 20 kilometers. Once a week I went out to a place I chose at random on the map. That randomness was really important to me, because otherwise I would just have gravitated to the sorts of places I always like going to. So I’d use an online random number generator to pick where on the map I had to go. Then I’d go there, usually on foot, but occasionally by bike, with my camera. Having a camera was also quite important to me, because that forced me to slow down and be observant. My challenge was quite a conceited one, which was to see everything in that square, every street, every footpath, every bit of woodland.” Read more...
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