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| Photo by Laura El Tantawy |
"...Every shift in photography has been linked to a shift in technology,” the exhibit’s curator, Henry Jacobson, told me. “But what makes smartphone photography so different is the instantaneous sharing that this device enables.” Jacobson was interested in seeing how professional photographers, well versed in the medium’s history, have reacted to the rise of “deeply personal and deeply anonymous platforms” like Instagram. He cited El-Tantawy’s images of London and Cairo as strong examples..." READ MORE and SEE PHOTOS