Simon Hoegsberg’s photographic Thought Project
January 26, 2005 
Simon Hoegsberg, the photographer whose “Private-Public” exhibit I linked to in 2002, is at it again! He has another great exhibit up on his website, entitled “The Thought Project”.
What’s so unique about Hoegsberg’s project, besides the aesthetic interest of his subjects, is that he stopped them on the street in Copenhagen and asked them what they were just thinking about. Each person’s exact quote is displayed next to his or her photo on the site. The only thing that would make the exhibit better would be if Hoegsberg uploaded the audio files to play automatically.
True, they might have been speaking in Danish, but that would add an additional layer of information about each person and connect with seeing them walking down the street, as Hoegsberg did that day.
Maybe I should try doing this type of project on Broadway (or better yet Canal Street!) in New York City. Or would I just get punched in the face?
January 28th, 2005 at 2:58 PM
I don’t know if it would work as a broadway show, but it’d work awesome as a blog about what people in NYC are thinking. You probably wouldn’t even have to ask, just carry a little poster or something “Tell me what you were just thinking about and be featured on nycthoughts.com”
I figure the rate of getting punch would be somewhere in the range of how often people handing out flyers on the street get punched. 