On July 15, 1983, 92 photographers spent 24 hours photographing daily life in Oregon. Project Dayshoot was the name of the venture, and it produced a book called "One Average Day."

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Project Dayshoot, 33 of the original 92 photographers, as well as over 100 new contributors, again photographed Oregon life on July 15, 2013. In addition, hundreds of amateur shooters contributed via the social networks, where #dayshoot30 insured instant submission of pictures to the project directors.

The new project was the brainchild of Brian Burk, a University of Oregon multimedia student at the Turnbull Center in Portland, who found a used copy of "One Average Day," at Powells Books, noticed the date the pictures were made, and thought an anniversary was in order. Kara Christenson, also a U of O student, led marketing and managed the project's engagement on the internet.

The Oregon Historical Society was the key sponsor of the 1983 project, publishing "One Average Day" in their own publishing house, Western Imprints. By 2013, OHS no longer published books, but offered support to the project.

Burk and Christenson led a team of editors and mentors, from the 1983 project and from the Portland journalism community. Lacking a book publisher, the Dayshoot directors created a website and bolstered their presence on social networks to distribute the images while they explored 21st century options for publishing.

A year later, under wall-sized projections of pictures from the project, Burk and Christenson announced plans for the future of Project Dayshoot at an anniversary reception at the Oregon Historical Society Tuesday. Those plans include the launch of a Kickstarter project to fund a book, in print and electronic forms, and a new, interactive web site that will compile most of the 3000 images and 100 video clips.

Burk presented Geoff Wexler, librarian of the OHS research library, with a framed photo and a thumb drive containing all of the project's 3000 images. The 1983 archive occupies three large boxes in the OHS library.

An exhibit of 70 pictures is hanging in the Light Court Commons, 70 NW Couch Street in downtown Portland. Previously, the project was exhibited at Portland International Airport and in Hood River.