MIT asks people to get artsy with cell phones
In the 19th century, photographers used the emerging tools of their trade and made photography into a new art form, despite the complaints from painters.
Can the same thing happen with cell phones? MIT is currently conducting the Mili-MIT Museum Cell Phone Photography Contest, in which individuals are submitting aesthetic photographs in the hope of winning eternal fame, or at least some photo printers. John MacNeil, a graduate student in technical policy, says he discovered a dynamic landscape in the folds of a vacuum cleaner bag through shooting pictures. Others are concentrating on portraits.
Personally, my favorite is "America Runs On??." "One Day" provides an interesting commentary: it's a picture of a cubicle decorated with a human skull and a bullet-riddled target.
The contest goes through January 29, and winners will be lauded in a ceremony on February 2.
