For 24H PROJECT, I set up a portrait station in a corridor at Gleis 70 in Zurich during the building’s 10th anniversary weekend. From 3 p.m. on 4 September 2010 until 3 p.m. the following day, I remained at the set continuously, photographing everyone who stepped in front of the camera.

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Over the course of the 24 hours, the character of the portraits gradually changed. Families, children and visitors gave way to people arriving from the nearby night party; towards morning, exhaustion, intoxication and the traces of the night became increasingly visible. By late morning, the rhythm shifted again as a new daytime audience arrived.

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The project consists of all 341 photographs made during those 24 hours. Nothing was edited out. Presented in chronological order, the complete sequence becomes a record of time passing — of changing bodies, moods and social atmospheres, and of a place moving through a full day and night.

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The complete sequence is presented chronologically in two parts.

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Continue to PART II — 21:23–15:00 →

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