The first is from Michael Rubin, who used a wall as his subject, shooting everything that passed in front of it in the course of some hours. I could easily do the same in my neighborhood with a wall, a corner, a train station, or some other suitable landmark. I'll be keeping an eye out for location on my future forays.
The second is from Jacob Aue Sobol, a Magnum photographer whose latest project is built around the idea of taking massive number of thematically related images within a short time. Sobol did a 30-day ride on the Trans Siberian railway, shooting 1000 images a day. His girlfriend filmmaker did the initial selection of 100 images per day while riding the train. Together they winnowed this selection to 20, leaving them 1200 images on arrival in Beijing, from which they made a final cut of 60.
I'm thinking I could do something similar here, driving across the UAE, say all seven Emirates in 10 days. What I would need is a driver, as doing both might be a bit too much. I could edit in the car or at camp sites, and have a presentation ready on arrival on Day 10.
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