As a photographer who has always had a camera nearby, within reach, or at least within a few\u00a0steps, certainly in the next room anyway \u2014 I’ve definitely always used my 35mm and digital\u00a0cameras for very personal observations and documentation.\u00a0The bigger cameras, the medium format, 4×5 – 12×20 view cameras, demanded far more deliberation; tripods; more time; more light, etc. Without doubt the iPhone camera provides more immediacy and more accessibility than any other camera I’ve ever owned. Because of the fact that, if it is not actually already in your hand, serving some other purpose, it can be making a still or motion image in\u00a0less than a second, means that the images have a spontaneity and immediacy significantly different than a larger device “over there.” Or so it seems to me. Perhaps I’m feeling this way because the novelty has not yet worn off. I’ve only had the thing for a month and a half. Does the diary or memoir have aesthetic value? I think it can\u2026 if well crafted\u2026 i don’t know\u2026 it’s personal.<\/p>\n
Quite obviously the larger culture has grasped this up close and personal and immediate nature of walking through life with a camera, quite literally, in your hand at all times. The ‘selfie’ is just the honeymoon phase. The first on the scene news documentation we see often replacing “professional” news footage is another testament to the immediacy as well as potential importance of this tool; even in the hands of the ‘amateur.’<\/p>\n
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Walking past\u2026 condensation on a window\u2026 iPhone 6s<\/p>\n Halloween makeup starts to appear on the streets. iPhone 6s, iPro 2x lens<\/p>\n Contemplation\u2026 those having coffee next to me. iPhone 6s, iPro 2x lens<\/p>\n![\"img_0381\"](\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0381.jpg\")
<\/a>At the hand surgeon’s contemplating causes of pain. iPhone 6s<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n