Take a Photo, Pass It On

TakeAPhotoPassItOn.com A Disposable Camera Project by Photographer R.J. Caputo Follow @BobbyCaputo !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); I am leaving disposable cameras wherever I travel. I may leave them in restaurants, bars, hotels, truck stops, airports, anywhere!. I’ll even hand them out to people along the way. Who knows where you may find them. People are picking them up, taking a photo and passing them on, with the hopes of one day returning home - so I can share with you, the fantastic photos and the stories behind them. If you have a camera, and it’s ready to be developed, please return to the following address: ATTN: R.J. Caputo P.O. Box 4176 Great Neck, NY 11023 If you have any difficulty mailing them back due to the cost of shipping, You won’t even have to pay to send it back! I will be more then happy to mail you, a self addressed stamped envelope. You will just need to provide me an address to send the S.A.S.E to. Once I start receiving cameras, upon development I will be posting all the photos on this website. The cameras are numbered so it will be easy to catalog their travels. I would love to here from you! In the mean time, you can check out this blog while I wait for the cameras to return home. If you are currently in possession of a camera, please let me know by sending me an email to [email protected]. I would love to hear from you. Keep in mind this project is still in it’s infancy and I will be constantly updating on the whereabouts of the cameras. So please check back often. Thank you so much for participating! Click the button below if you would like to make a donation towards the growth of this project. View Take a Photo, Pass it On in a larger map

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Hello everybody!! Long time no update. I hope you are al doing well. I know it’s been a while since I’ve had an update from any of the 400~ cameras out there. Until now! I received camera #310 by way of Switzerland. The last I heard about this camera it was in France. So it didn’t go too far from there, but who knows! I can’t wait to get this developed and see what.. well... develops! I will keep you all posted!

As a reminder, if you have one of these cameras in your possession I am more than willing to pay for postage to get it back, as I did with this camera.

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It's been a while but I'm back and dropping off cameras out in Nevada/Arizona/Utah.

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A camera was also left at a DVD rental box yesterday in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Camera #330 was left at 16th & California Street in Denver, Colorado this afternoon. 

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Camera #310 is in Paris, France! How cool is that??

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Looks like we might have a camera going to Switzerland! So awesome!

Hi! We actually found your camera in the middle of Death Valley, in California. We are two girls from Switzerland doing a roadtrip on the West Coast, from Los Angeles to Seattle. Your camera is in Seattle for the moment, and we are thinking of taking it back to Switzerland!

 It's a really nice project, we can't wait to see the pictures!

 Keep it on! 

Elodie & Aicha 

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This is so exciting! I love getting emails such as this! Thanks for the update!

“Hey the names Josh I work here at (redacted) and the camera was left here as lost and found. The camer is # 319 and its currently at the address of (redacted) Lake Tahoe BLvd. South Lake Tahoe,CA 96150. My co-worker Maria has taken a picture of her and I at the hotel. I will be taking this on A hike for a real Pic of LAke Tahoe, and be passing it on @ The Lost Sierra Hoedown in Johnsville!. I LOVE THIS IDEA!”

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Cameras have been dropped off in Death Valley.

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I have a few cameras to drop off. I'll be leaving a bunch around South Lake Tahoe.

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Update on camera #305: found it's way Into the hands of a Portland State University student. Very cool, thanks for the photo!

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Does anyone out there have any of my traveling cameras in their possession? It would be great if you can send me a photo of you with it, or of the camera somewhere in your city.

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I could be leaving these around Europe. Why don’t I have one?

Message me and tell me where to send you some cameras :)

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I'm in Monterey and wonder if you have any floating around here? Surfbear

At one time, a couple of years ago, I had dropped some off there, but who knows where they are now. Hopefully one day they will find their way home.

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Camera #280 was left with Blue Jays fans at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada

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Camera #288 was left in a restroom inside Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada

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Camera #285 was dropped of at Cora’s Breakfast Place on Carlton Street in Toronto, Canada

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A big thank you to Rich for sending in an email  and updating me about camera #249′s whereabouts! 

I left #249 in a hotel in Corvallis, Oregon on May 1. I got it in January and forgot that it was in my camera bag for a long time. I travel for work a lot, so I think I took a photo with it in a few different places.

-Rich