New statement

 It takes up to 20 minutes for your brain to recognize that you are full. In reality, most people take less time than that to consume their food. When I make decisions like this, I affect more than just my hunger.  I have taken these images instantaneously, just as my health decisions are made. A Droid 2 cellphone is used to document the foods I choose to eat, work environment, notes to self, calendar entries, evidence of the doctor visits, and the medications. All these components create a broader picture of a life, not just food. The accumulation of imagery shows the passage of time and the overwhelming process of the reoccurring components. In this wok I create an invitation into my world through a visual diary, in which the photographic documentation has become a coping mechanism to my monotonous health issues.

Angela Hall

April 11th: Artist Entry

 Damon Winter
Damon Winter Website

Damon Winter is a photographer for the New York Times. He specializes in documentary, editorial and portrait photography.

I found an online article from the nytimes website that James Estrin wrote about Damon Winter's current photography project. Winter is using his iphone to document the war in Afghanistan. He said it was easier to get images of the soliders because they were more comfortable with the camera phone than a large camera. I found it interesting about what the writer, James Estrin, wrote about the importance of the camera gear. He said, :The photographer takes the picture, not the equipment. Few people care what kind of typewriter Hemingway used."

  After working with my own project, I halfway agree with that statement. I think that some series it is very important. It brings a new level of skill to the work. I think it would be important to Winter's work to have it be recognized what type of camera is used, if it is not already.

According to the article, Winter used his iphone to take images of the firefights while his Canon was shooting video. There is a 10 second delay between images on an iPhone - which requires a lot of skill and good timing to produce images in those situations.  

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/finding-the-right-tool-to-tell-a-war-story/?ref=asia

April 7th: Idea Entry

http://www.nyip.com/ezine/digital/cellphonephotography.html

April 4th : Artist Entry

March 31st: Idea Entry

Idea research: 20min to realize your full relate to taking of the photograph

Statement minimized

A Droid 2 cellphone is used to document the foods I choose to eat, work, evidence of the doctor visits, and the medications.The images are taken instantaneously, just as my health decisions are made. The accumulation of imagery shows the passage of time and the overwhelming nature of the process of the reoccurring components. As I have created the invitation into my world through this visual diary, the documentation has become a coping mechanism to my monotonous health issues.

Monday March 28th: Artist Entry: Chase Jarvis

Chase Jarvis

website

I came across his work searching for cell phone photography. He had a blog post or it may have been a facebook entry where he was giving away his iphone. He asked people to post their cell phone photographs. There was 3k posted in the first week. The images are striking, some don't even look as though they are cell phone photography. Some even have a holga look. 

This is the image that won his iPhone: 

Image by Omar Shine

Melissa Lyttle

Jaclyn Turner

 a few others that were in the gallery. amazing. gallery

Christopher Jerard

After searching his site for more information about this project and himself, I found his work. He has portfolio of work called " Iphone As Art."   In his artist statement he wrote,

"These images remain a visual journal, but gathered together this collection becomes a stake in the group. With it, I hope to underscore - perhaps help legitimize - the idea that an image can come from any camera, even a mobil phone. Inherently, we all know that an image insn't measured by its resolution, dynamic range, or anything technical. It's measured by the simple - sometimes profound, other times absurd or humorous or whimsical - effect it can have upon us. If you can see it, it can move you. "

I was drawn to his work for the simple fact of the cell phone art. But it grew to more interest in his visual journal. These are images of his artist thoughts and how he processes the world creatively. 

BUt to continue this research. Not only did he take his photography to publish it as a book. 

He then made this contest. He then teamed up with developers and made the Best Camera APP for iPhone. Also, the website http://thebestcamera.com/   which is a community of images taken with the BestCamera App.  Best Camera App Blog

Smart business man or just a guy interested in furthering the idea of camera photography being art? ...I'm still interested in figuring this one out and researching further.....







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