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leplastrier
Origin
Photo Wednesday began when a friend and I started to email a photo to each other every Wednesday as an art project, which was an attempt to tell the story of our lives in a photographic conversation. We began to realize that other people wanted to have similar conversations with us, so I created this website to let others participate.
Experience
You can signup with your Google Account and create a gallery with up to 4 of your friends. I have been enjoying it as a way to have a weekly checkin with friends and family who are far away. It also works as a sort of scrapbook of your lives with a few individuals, regardless of where they are located. I know of at least one group of friends who is using the site to share what they have for lunch every Wednesday.
Why are there no comments on the site?
I intentionally chose not to provide text comments on the site because it was my hope that you and your friends will have these conversations using other, more personal mediums, such as a phone call or a long email. I have found that in this era of instant messages and status updates, a slow, weekly conversation with someone is refreshing, and indeed more meaningful.