2012 in Phonetography

Anton Kawasaki writes a very comprehensive piece on the significance of 2012 in phonetography for Digital Photography Review Connect, “2012: The Year in Mobile Photography”, recapping the year’s milestones:

• mobile photography connected with the mainstream media;
• it penetrated the art world;
• phonetography communities and creative projects developed;
• Instagram exploded;
• mobile photography was monetized;
• mobile phone cameras got high tech;
• Hipstamatic went big;
• Hurricane Sandy smart phone photo of Ben Lowy made it to TIME Magazine cover.

Here is one of my favourite phone shoot of the past year:

“Untitled” by Richard “Koci” Hernandez

• Anton Kawasaki
• Ben Lovy
• Hipstamatic
• Hurricane Sandy
• Instagram
• mobile photography
• phonetography
• Richard Koci Hernandez
• TIME Magazine