Date stamps and cell phones the purpose of pictures
What does imprinting the date on a film picture have to do with taking pictures with cell phones you may ask and I just assumed you would? Well it illustrates in an orange numerical glow that taking and having a photo means different things to different people. Some might recoil from the notion that their image of a beautiful flower was marred by something so intrusive while another might think didn’t the flowers look nice that year. It’s the same with cell phone pictures some might think why would I want to use an inferior medium to record this moment where someone else might think I’m just glad to have a fragment of this moment that I can remember and share. As technology moves forward the quality of the captured image (I’m not talking art here) has been improving so that there becomes less and less of a compromise in choosing to use a cell phone to record moments. It is after all the camera that many already have with them. Most pictures are taken with the intent of sharing an experience or affirming our existence not to create some deep meaning image that will alter the world, so go ahead and turn the date stamp on that old film camera and add that Instagram filter to that shot, you know you want to.