A Moment In Time
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A Moment in Time (or, F.A.Q. on U.T.C.)
#flashHeader{visibility:visible !important;}Attention: everyone with a camera, amateur or pro. Please join us on Sunday, May 2, at 15:00 (U.T.C./G.M.T.), as thousands of photographers simultaneously record A Moment in Time. The idea is to create an international mosaic, an astonishingly varied gallery of images that are cemented together by the common element of time.
How do I submit my picture?
Call up this form, submit.nytimes.com/moment, which should be self explanatory. Thats all there is to it. (If youre looking at the submission form before Sunday, May 2, or after Friday, May 7, youll find that you can read it but cant actually use it. )
How long do I have to submit my picture?
Five days, until 15:00 (U.T.C.) on Friday. We recognize that not every photographer will be near a computer on Sunday. Some of you may not be able to get to a computer for days. This extended deadline is for you.
How many pictures may I send in?
One. If youve shot several over the space of a moment or two, send the single best.
Do I have to take my picture at exactly 15:00?
No. We dont expect atomic-clock precision. And wed rather you send a good picture taken one minute after the hour than a mediocre picture taken exactly on the hour.
We ask only that you come as close to 15:00 as is reasonably possible. Keep in mind that the purpose of this exercise is to create a marvelously simultaneous portrait of our world and its people.
What if I cheat?
Come on. Why would you?
How much may I alter the image?
Not much.
You may certainly crop the edges. You may also perform minor adjustments, like color balancing, that are intended to increase the photos verisimilitude; in other words, to make the image on your screen resemble the scene that was before your eyes as closely as possible.
What about adding or subtracting or combining elements?
Again, dont.
And if I do so anyway?
Really, why would you?
Color or black and white? Horizontal or vertical or square?
Your choice.
May I use my cellphone camera?
By all means. Were suckers for the medium. See Readers Photos: Call Forwarding.
May I shoot my picture on old-fashioned film?
Absolutely, though youll have to convert your negative, print or slide into a JPEG file in order to submit it.
Wholl own my picture?
You will
