Millions Taken Daily Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere

Put a camera in the hands of most people and they’ll want to take photographs to remember their special occasions. Whether they chop off the heads of their loved ones or try to include so much background that they appear as ants at the Grand Canyon, these images become cherished memories. Visualize the remains of the picnic from last year’s Fourth of July. See the boats floating on a picturesque bay as the family poses in the foreground for their vacation picture. Stand on the Empire State Building and look south towards where the Twin Towers used to be. Stroll down the main street in Any Town, USA and snap some shots. Capture the tiny glint of an airplane zooming its occupants to far away places. Take that picture you always wanted, of the pyramids at dusk, or your child’s first smile. Freeze it forever. Such is the power of the photographic lens.

Millions Take Daily: Photographs from Everyone and Everywhere explored the concept that photographs are a central part of daily life and we all have a hand in creating and collecting them. This exhibition contained thousands of works which were installed floor to ceiling in the museum and submitted by people from all around the world.