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Camera phones let users share daily life
When mobile phones meld with instant photography, new ways of viewing everyday life emerge. As cameras become standard features on mobile phones, millions of users are rediscovering photography in unexpected places: in the kitchen, down the block and on the bus -- from the backyards of Middle America all the way to Korea and down to Cuba.
While the Instamatic Age was once obsessed with capturing images of smiling faces, vast landscapes, and the 3x5-inch photo print as a family artifact, mobile phone photography is looking in a new direction.
Picture what you ate for breakfast or capture the startled look in your cat's eyes. Catch the reflection in a puddle on the sidewalk as you walk to work or the texture of a cloud against a flat blue sky.
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While the Instamatic Age was once obsessed with capturing images of smiling faces, vast landscapes, and the 3x5-inch photo print as a family artifact, mobile phone photography is looking in a new direction.
Picture what you ate for breakfast or capture the startled look in your cat's eyes. Catch the reflection in a puddle on the sidewalk as you walk to work or the texture of a cloud against a flat blue sky.
more..
