Before I Die I Want To...Project (20 total)

No doubt you've asked yourself the question, "What do I want to do before I die?" Nicole Kenney and ks rives are two ladies who took that question and created a whole project around it. Snapping pictures of random strangers on the street, the duo hope to get people thinking about (and acting upon) what is really important in their lives through this simple, straight-forward question. Not only do they take your picture and ask you to write your answer on a Polaroid, they also ask each person to include their email address. Why? In a number of years they hope to contact each participant and see if they've accomplished their goal. They hope that "seeing online that other people are fulfilling their desires will motivate participants to complete their task and write a story of their own."

After taking 600 Polaroids in the US, the women took their project overseas to India. From January to March of 2009, they spent 3 months traveling the length of that country.

"Asking people what they wanted in their lives before they died brought to life many cultural differences. Certian salient areas ks + Nicole noticed a difference in answers between the U.S. and India were regarding death, the ability to dream, and the idea of indvidualism vs. community."

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