In November of 2008, George acquired an Apple iPhone (3G). The iPhone came with a basic 2 megapixel digital camera. After hearing several people say ‘it’s just a camera phone’, he decided to see what the camera was really capable of doing. He started Project Phonetography. It has been his desire to disprove the popular thought that a larger, or better camera, meant better pictures. Over the past 16 months, he has accumulated over 4,100 images on the iPhone. The Project had a few simple rules:
All photographs must originate from the iPhone camera.
False lighting from photo flash units would not be permitted.
All editing must be done on the iPhone with iPhone APP’s.

Other than backing up the phone, the image library must be maintained on the iPhone.

The printing of photographs is to be done without any color correction, or other editing, by a desktop computer or other computer applications (color correction can be done on the iPhone with an APP).

The best camera ever, is the camera that is close at hand; the one that is always with you. The best photo album ever, is the one that you can get to, quickly. The iPhone has allowed him the freedom of concentrating on the elements of composition: subject matter, light, shadow, and color (and even the absence of color). Effects that are normally created by f stops and film speed are imitated by a mixture of APP’s.

After many years of working with film equipment (which included a large format Graflex) he has enjoyed the process and experience that is my iPhone. His camera, editing equipment and his library are with him at all times.

Ozzie Kat

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