Moments Method

Moments is an ongoing observational archive shaped by a defined practice that began in 2008 and continues to evolve.

On 1 May 2026 the formal method for the project was established.

Moments is built from a simple observational philosophy:

LIVE | MOVE | NOTICE | PHOTOGRAPH | KEEP MOVING

The method below provides the formal structure that allows this philosophy to operate consistently over time.

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A Moment is a record of a single lived experience observed from one immediate point of attention.

The defining principle of the project is proximity.

A Moment begins when a photograph is made and continues only while remaining within approximately five steps of that original position. Once that boundary is crossed, a new Moment begins.

The five-step boundary is not a technical measurement but a philosophical one. It encourages complete attention to a single place rather than constant movement in search of something better.

A Moment may consist of a single photograph or a carefully curated sequence of photographs, provided every image remains within the same immediate experience and the same five-step boundary.

Every Moment is accompanied, where possible, by the date, time, place name and GPS coordinates.

These coordinates do not define the Moment. They simply record where it occurred.

The philosophy defines the Moment.

The coordinates document it.

Together they preserve both the experience and its place in the world.

The initials MAP represent both the Moments Archive Project and the idea that every Moment occupies a real point on the map of the Earth. The archive therefore preserves not only moments in time, but also their location in space.

This framework gives Moments its identity: not a retrospective collection of disconnected photographs, but a disciplined observational practice built over time.

Every entry forms part of a lifelong archive shaped by presence, attention and proximity—preserving moments as they were lived rather than reconstructing them afterwards.