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This sunday, if your awake (and even if your not!) you can take part in a photo project.

Why? Well, because it’s happening at 4am, on the 4th of the 4th, in.. ahem..2010. It’s called the 4am project, and it’s all about taking photographs at 4am on a certain day.

It’s in it’s second year this year, the first being 1 year ago. Over 25 countries this year are taking part in the project, and more realistically, a lot more as the word spreads on websites like Flickr, Twitter and Facebook. I’ll certainly be taking part – getting up early (or going to bed late) to take photo’s and have fun at that awkward time of the morning!

The 4am project is the brainchild of Birmingham based photographer, Karen Strunks. Supported by Channel 4’s 4iP, and Screen West Midlands, the 4am Project utilises the online photo sharing site Flickr to create a community of images representing 4:00am across the globe.

Project organiser Karen Strunks said: “Some of the world’s most beautiful photos are taken under the cover of night, but as we’re all tucked up in bed at that time, the moment just passes us by.

“The 4am project aims to bring both photographers and non-photographers together, to create a global community which demonstrates how amazing our surrounding landscapes can be.

“Streets which are usually teeming with traffic are deserted, shopping centres are empty and hillsides peaceful, the perfect time to grab your camera and take a few shots.”

Speaking about the project Jason Hall from Screen WM said: “The 4am project is one of those wonderful ideas that just seems to capture people’s imagination the world over. Testament to this is the fact that from a standing start, it has already amassed over 2,000 superb quality images from 25 countries.”

“This is a project with its roots firmly in the West Midlands but with an undeniable international appeal, as such Screen WM is delighted to be supporting its further development and growth”.

You can take part by taking pictures between 4am and 5am on the 4th of April, 2010. If you then upload the pictures to the flickr group and share them with the tag “4amproject” before Sunday 11th April, then you stand a chance of winning a Nikon D90 DSLR with 18-105mm lens (worth £1029.99), or others including a photo canvas or moo cards!

To find out more, follow @4amproject on Twitter, or go to 4amproject.org