Background
Darrow was born in Santa Clara, California to Landy, a civil engineer, and Andrew, also a civil engineer
Darrow was born in Santa Clara, California to Landy, a civil engineer, and Andrew, also a civil engineer
As of February 2010, he is one of the youngest executive directors of an established non-profit organization in the world. Founding
Darrow officially launched in February 2010. However, the website was not launched until May 2010.
The idea came to him when he decided "to start a project that really represented a large community--thousands and thousands of people coming together to support a worthy cause." He explains, "But I also wanted a project that was fun, innovative, and kind of epitomized the global community.
And would allow donors to be able to participate. Not just make a monetary donation, but actually join the movement."
However, it took Darrow nearly two years to raise the funds for the launch of Eventually, he was able to establish the organization, and launch its website.
About
is a fiscally sponsored non-profit organization creating the world"s largest photo-mosaic using photos submitted by people from all over the world, using the organization"s website. All funds are disbursed among ten beneficiaries, including: Doctors Without Borders, 88 Bikes, the World Food Program, and University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children"s Hospital. will require at least 112, 896 photo submissions in order to break the current world-record for largest photo-mosaic.
The current world record for the world"s largest photo-mosaic is held by The Big Picture, which was created by Helen Marshall in England in 2008.
The Big Picture came through the Arts Council England, West Midland, and was supported by the British Broadcasting Corporation.