Max Hart Barnwell is a Canadian photographer with a passion for 35mm film. Greatly inspired by the traditions of documentary and street photography, his work is rooted in traveling and being in touch with different cultures, places and things. By revealing overlooked details, singular characters and juxtapositions found in everyday life, his eye aims to underline our unique differences and shed light on our shared universality. Today, he embraces his commitment to 35mm photography as a tool to observe, share and better understand the unique particularities of our time.

Max came to ´ace to expand his Take A Picture project, which places disposable cameras throughout different cities in the world for the general public and pedestrians to use them in order to, as its name implies, take a picture. He then develops the films and build installations with the resulting pictures. In his own words: “Take A Picture is an international photographic art project that is fuelled by public interaction and engagement. Throughout my travels since 2018, I have been installing disposable 35mm cameras in public spaces inviting anyone who stumbles across the installation to Take A Picture. I then collect, develop and share the contributed results on socials, my website and ultimately as an exhibition. Touching upon a variety of themes such as local culture and community, the trend of ‘the selfie’ and analog photography as a tool for communication, the results are candid and speak about the willingness to collaborate in a visual dialogue. The project’s goal is to gather photographs from various neighbourhoods, cities and countries underlining their unique perspectives while also revealing our shared humanity as seen through the eyes of ordinary individuals of all walks of life.”