In line with the idea that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, visitors to the A Picture’s Worth website are invited to share the memories, emotions or creative stories triggered by a photograph of personal significance in the form of a photo-essay. A Picture’s Worth has been running since August 2003 and is about to celebrate its 1st birthday. Founder David Chin explains:

“In a few days time, “A Picture’s Worth” will celebrate its first year of “show and tell”!

Since 1 August 2003, “A Picture’s Worth” has been showcasing daily the works by visitors who have sent in their special photographs with an accompanying story to explain the photograph’s significance.

Since birthdays aren’t meant to be celebrated alone, I would like to invite you to join in the first birthday celebrations! I have attached to this e-mail an invitation (in .jpg format) which you are encouraged to share. The invitation outlines that one of the birthday presents to the site can come in the form of a submission. A submission would certainly kick start the site’s second year.

However, I can understand if you do not have the time or are not interested in writing about a photograph. If you are still keen to celebrate, there are certainly other ways to support the site into its second year. For example, you can donate funds to help with running costs or by spreading the word (such as forwarding on the attached invitation) to help the site reach a wider audience. Such help would be significant as most of the contributors have come as a result of learning about “A Picture’s Worth” through word of mouth.

It is undoubtedly the work contributed by visitors that has been responsible for the site receiving “site of the day” awards from Yahoo!, LockerGnome and Coolstop. More importantly, “A Picture’s Worth” has become a haven for people to “show and tell” and where visitors can learn the story behind personal photographs. The site remains a non-commercial project and into its second year my work on “A Picture’s Worth” will continue to aim to provide a valuable contribution to the internet community.”

Website: A Picture’s Worth