Perspective2 was thrilled to welcome THE SMOOCH! PROJECT to our studio on Tuesday, June 22nd! THE SMOOCH! PROJECT is a world wide photographic tour in which photographer Bonnie Fournier snaps photos of anyone willing to publicly demonstrate their affection for another with a smooch on the cheek! Based in Minnesota, the project kicked off their world tour right here at Old Town's P2, before traveling onto Detroit and then to other destinations around the world!
The goal of THE SMOOCH! PROJECT is to capture 10,000 photos from around the world and archive them on the project's website: TheSmoochProject.com. Fournier, who said this project originally began as a personal art project has now become so much more. Fournier said THE SMOOCH! PROJECT shows that regardless of all the differences people have in the world, they all share the same desire to welcome love and affection into their lives. Prior to the projects arrival in Old Town, Fournier and her staff of volunteers had already collected a total of 2,600 SMOOCH! photos just in Minnesota alone over the past four years. P2 was so happy to be a part of the project and was honored to help them on their way to 10,000 photos!
On the night of the photo shoot more than 90 people came to P2 to have their picture take and be apart of THE SMOOCH! PROJECT. The event was so popular in fact, we kept our doors open an hour and a half longer in order to give everyone a chance to be part of such a fun project! Not only did we have couples, friends as families here to participate, we also had pets and their owners demonstrating their love for each other with a smooch on the cheek in front of the camera as well!
We also had some great press coverage of the event from local TV station WILX. The State News as well as The Lansing State Journal's Noise also came out to cover the event! SMOOCH! coverage was also found in Lansing's City Pulse and Capital Gains Magazine as well! Check out the links below.
The images from the event will be added to the project's website within the next couple weeks and we are so excited to have P2 and Old Town a part of SMOOCH! history! Check out some picture of the event taken by Lynne Brown and the press links below.
Press Links:
State News:
Wednesday, June 23rd
http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/06/locals_pucker_up_for_photography_project
Capital Gains:
Wednesday, June 30th
City Pulse:
Wednesday, June 30th
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-4511-lip-prints.html
