Selfless portraits
Selfless Portraits is a collaborative art project where strangers across the world draw each other's Facebook profile pics.
Over 50,000 drawings were submitted from 153 countries during the project's 3-year span.
Press:
Buzzfeed “Art that brings the world a little closer together”
Business Insider “Takes advantage of Facebook's 1 billion user audience to bring together random people in a raw, almost vulnerable way.”
Gizmodo “Having Strangers Draw Your Facebook Profile Pic Is Freaking Awesome”
Mashable “Turning Facebook into a showcase of personal expression”
Yahoo! “Eclectic and brilliant”
Fast Company “These Amazing Images Are What Happens When You Ask A Stranger To Draw Your Facebook Photo”
PSFK “Bringing a world of seven billion people a little bit closer”
CREATIVITY “You Draw My Face, I'll Draw Yours”
Result:
Webby Honoree
Webby Official Nominee
Credit:
Creators: Ivan Cash & Jeff Greenspan
Producer: Luis Peña
Developer: Rally Interactive
Extension: Strangers Drawing Strangers
Inspired by the Selfless Portraits project, Strangers Drawing Strangers is an interactive art installation, commissioned by Airbnb, that came to the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.
Press:
Airbnb Makers Blog “Meet Ivan Cash, Co-Creator of Selfless Portraits”
Design Taxi “Strangers Draw Cool Portraits of One Another”
Swiss Miss “Lovely”
