Would Henri Cartier-Bresson Have Used A Smartphone?
Theresa Malone from The Guardian has written an interesting piece in the paper today. She poses the question of ‘would Henri Cartier-Bresson have used a camera phone?’. It is of course a very topical subject, not speifically regarding Henri Cartier-Bresson but for all professional photographers. Many grumble that smartphone photography is not ‘real’ photography although many also embrace it for what it is, convenience. No smartphone is a Leica, don’t get me wrong but I can’t help but agree with the conclusion of this piece, that possibly in all certainty, he may well of picked out a Smartphone to use and captured some brillant images I’m sure.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
