522 cameras

For the past decade, my weekly rhythm has been dictated by a self-imposed project to use all the film cameras I’ve been accumulating since childhood. It started off with the intention to use a different camera each week for a year, thus, on 1 January 2010, ‘52 cameras in 52 weeks’ began.

At the time, I wasn’t even sure if I’d be able to keep it up for a whole year, but as the weeks went by, and my camera collection slowly grew, it took on a life of its own. My fate was sealed when it came to week 53. I’d got into the habit of loading up a new camera each Friday, shooting a film at the weekend, then developing it and uploading the results to Flickr, so I simply carried on as usual. Having got this far, there seemed little alternative but to go for the full decade.

Although I already had plenty of cameras, in 2011 and 2012, I developed a bit of an eBay habit, perhaps buying 50 or so over four years. I also regularly trawled charity shops and car boot