Inspiration for Kyle Van Horn’s cameramail, which inspired me. Between 1990 and 1996, over 200 pieces were sent to/from P22. From altered junk mail to minimally cryptic addressing, Each piece has some purpose to both test the post office and also keep an artistic discourse going between its collaborators. The postal service almost always came through. Recently, because of the desire to completely automate, even the slightest variations from standard Postal Rules gets the piece either returned or lost forever. This page is a testament to the golden age of P22 postal art. Mail Art has no commercial value. To our knowledge, none of our mail art has ever sold.

A disposable camera was sent sans package through snail mail from Baltimore to Chicago to Boston and back to Baltimore again.

What would happen if a working disposable camera were to travel from Massachusetts to Hawaii via first-class mail, with explicit instructions for its handlers to take photographs? You'd get a rare ...

I was working on some of my photography class homework (Find something cool to do with a disposable camera), and I found this on the internet. I got it from Flickr user Matthew McVickar (www.flickr.com/photos/matthewmcvickar/sets/72157594153681...) THERE HERE!!! I had my camera delivered by a friend during the 2011 National Bible Bee! I got a lot more than I expected, and I was so happy with the results! Enjoy!!!

A successful one from April!

I wrote this guest post for the Kodak blog. I think they are sending me free Kodak single-use cameras in exchange.

“Matthew McVickar designs these Cameramail packages with disposable film-cameras taped to their front and a note exhorting posties to take pictures of themselves and environs as the package passes through their custody.”

“I love the idea of this project by web designer Matthew McVickar. He sent this camera in the mail with a message asking the postal workers to take pictures on the camera’s trip to its destination. The result is fun and educational, and it would be a great school project for any teachers out there.”

I was interviewed by Debra Black at the Toronto Star this morning. “For Matthew McVickar the idea of sending a disposable camera attached to a piece of cardboard was intriguing. What kind of pictures would one get, he wondered? Would the camera make it to its destination?”

“no nasty pics, im surprised”

“that's a great idea but the pictures aren't as fun as one would've imagined”

“Matthew McVickar decided to send a camera through the mail, these are the images it captured.”

Another link.

Another one.

My first time on reddit, again about the cameramail.

“Five years ago, web designer Matthew McVickar decided to give one lucky disposable camera a free vacation, sending it through the mail from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Honolulu, Hawaii with the instructions ‘Take a photo before you pass it on!’. When he got the camera back, there were seven photographs taken by various workers in the United States Postal Service that show the cameras journey (and the inner workings of the USPS!).”