The Desk Make yourself at home

Welcome to the TIME ZERO desk. Move a photograph, turn it over for its story, and peel back the tape. Wander through an exhibition, or keep a little of today in the Photo Booth.

TZ DISPATCHNo. 001 · UC Davis

No second take. That is the fun of it.

We have chosen a wonderfully inefficient way to make photographs. Each instant print costs more, sometimes goes wrong, and asks you to stand still while it develops.

Digital gives you a hundred chances. An instant camera gives you one. The exposure is everything. When the print emerges, time starts again at zero.

We keep exposures that really happened: too bright, strangely colored, light-leaked, or nudged out of focus by a passing shoulder.

And please, do not shake it. Really.

Click.

DragHold and move a print. Release quickly to let it slide. ShakeMove it back and forth and watch it blur. OpenEnlarge a photograph, then turn it over. PeelLift the tape from a print. ClickPress an empty spot on the desk to take a picture.

Scroll down. The letters will find their places.

One photograph, one story. Leave a moment here that made you stop and look.

Peel the layers

1 / 3 Newspaper

22:00:00t = 0

Just one final frame per group.

ROUTE ALIGHTFollow the light. Anything that glows.

ROUTE BPEOPLEPhotograph people. The people beside you.

ROUTE CTRACEWhat remains after we leave.

ROUTE DSHADOWShadows and darker corners.

ROUTE EWILDCARDAnything goes. Make it count.

TZ DISPATCHZERO HOUR · Planning study

At 22:00, everyone presses the shutter together

20:30 From Memorial Union, four or five groups follow LIGHT, PEOPLE, TRACE, SHADOW, or an optional WILDCARD route.

The routes are set; the wandering is yours. At 22:00, each group takes one photograph from wherever they are. That is T = 0.

22:15 Meet in the Arboretum’s White Flower Garden. Each group brings one FINAL FRAME and tells us why it stayed. There are no prizes.

Keep scrolling to move the newspaper aside ↓

Take a photo ↗Visit the gallery ↗The desk images and stories are visual studies, waiting for our own photographs.

ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE / About us

A culture
we build
together.

People brought together by photography.
Every way of seeing has a place at TIME ZERO.

ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY,
OPEN TO ALL.

A limited number of frames.Unlimited ways of seeing.

TIME ZERO is a student photography collective based at UC Davis. We connect through instant and film photography, hands-on experiments, and the exchange of physical photographs.

A photograph you can hold, give away, and revisit changes how you see the everyday. You do not need a camera or experience. Start with curiosity.

A limited number of frames changes how we look. A physical photograph can be held, given away, displayed, and revisited.

01 / PLAY

Go out and look together.

Photo walks、Instant-camera meetups and experiments with shared cameras. The everyday is our location.

02 / LEARN

Pass the curiosity on.

Peer-led workshops explore film, cameras, and how a photograph comes into being.

03 / MAKE

Let photographs move between people.

Trade a print, make a zine, put on a small exhibition. Build a shared archive, one frame at a time.

ON OUR CONTACT SHEET

Our nextframe is developing.

BLIND ROLL

Eight people, two cameras, and a finite number of frames. We discover what everyone saw when the roll is revealed together.

IN DEVELOPMENT

ZERO HOUR

Small groups explore Davis along different routes and make their photographs at the same instant.

IN DEVELOPMENT

PRINT CULTURE

Print swaps, small publications, and exhibitions keep memories on paper moving between people.

IN DEVELOPMENT

LEAVE A LITTLE TRACE

Start with「Come along?”and see where it takes us.

New members, creative collaborators, or a conversation about photography.
We would love to meet you. Reach us by email.

TIME ZERO is completing its first registration as a UC Davis student organization.
Started by students. Shaped by everyone who takes part.

The Desk Make yourself at home

No second take. That is the fun of it.

Peel the layers

At 22:00, everyone presses the shutter together

The Wall Every frame counts

This space is waiting for you.

Photo Booth One a day

One photograph. One chance. Do not shake it.

Ways of
seeing.

A culture
we build
together.

A limited number of frames.Unlimited ways of seeing.

Go out and look together.

Pass the curiosity on.

Let photographs move between people.

Our nextframe is developing.

BLIND ROLL

ZERO HOUR

PRINT CULTURE

Start with「Come along?”and see where it takes us.

Soon,
you can reach us here.

The Desk Make yourself at home

No second take. That is the fun of it.

Peel the layers

At 22:00, everyone presses the shutter together

The Wall Every frame counts

This space is waiting for you.

Photo Booth One a day

One photograph. One chance. Do not shake it.

Ways ofseeing.

A culturewe buildtogether.

A limited number of frames.Unlimited ways of seeing.

Go out and look together.

Pass the curiosity on.

Let photographs move between people.

Our nextframe is developing.

BLIND ROLL

ZERO HOUR

PRINT CULTURE

Start with「Come along?”and see where it takes us.

Ways of
seeing.

A culture
we build
together.