cellular obscura

*PLEASE READ ME FIRST BEFORE PURCHASING.*
When you order a book with Blurb, it gets sent straight from Blurb. Blurb, for good and bad, does not share customer information. So I can't add any additional touches and a personal note of "Thanks!" Originally I wanted to offer the first 50 people a signed 4x5 print (on an 8x10 background), but now I'll send you a print if you'll send me an email with your Blurb confirmation number as proof of purchase.
Many of us, including myself, like to hang on to what little internet privacy we have left, so I'll in no way sell your email to a third party or spam you (though I may let you know of a future gallery show or new book). And anyway I'm not that technically savvy.
Thanks again for your interest in some new photography.
sincerely,
ShawnAs a still photojournalist we are being asked to use many more tools than just our camera. Video and audio recorders complete today's multimedia journalist. Tangled up in chords and technology I was starting to miss photography as a means of personal growth and artistic expression. Two years ago I found an unconventional, yet commonplace, tool which produced an image which alluded more to my artistic vision while retaining my documentary style. So now I find artistic refuge while exploring the world with the Kodak Brownie of the digital age: a cellphone camera. Specifically a Motorola E815. Though my initial reason to utilize a cell phone camera was to preserve a level of artistic sanity and creative control, while balancing the responsibilities at a daily news organization, it has evolved into a further exploration of documenting society via what is considered a nontraditional popular technology. Because, as is being shown everyday, citizen journalists armed with camera phones that rival Digital SLRs are helping shift the communication paradigm, causing cell phone photos to find increasing cultural importance and potential, much like the Kodak Brownie 100 years ago or the 35mm format.