A Brief History of the "1 Image 1 Minute" Project

This project is a contemporary recreation of Une Image Pour Une Minute, a project originally produced by French director Agnes Varda for presentation on French television in 1983. In Varda's version, a photographic image appeared on television (in-between network programming), and someone--a curator, photographer, or art historian--would speak about the image for one minute.


Here I have asked contemporary photographers, artists, historians, and others to select an image that has significance for them, and write or speak about it for the equivalent of 1 minute. The result is a a compelling and accessible means of gaining insight into other artists’ and photographers’ perspectives. The project is also a way of reactivating photo history, cultural literacy, and of offering a closer look at images than the mere fraction of a second that most contemporary images are afforded.

Joe Sola


Joe Sola, Artist
Superbowl, Gary Cannone

This is an image by the artist Gary Cannone, which he sent to me in preparation for the Chicago Bears losing bid for Superbowl XLI against the Indianapolis Colts. As a kid, the Bears, and their wacky antics on and off the field made international headlines for their down to earth, nose to the grindstone, hard working, hard-hitting way of life. That seemed so Midwestern, so much like what our summers, winters, work and family was supposed to be like at the very core. Gary's image is somehow about that core too!
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