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Subscribe to RSSI went to Waveland, Mississippi a couple weeks ago to re-photograph Hurricane Katrina scenes for this video story, and took some 8x10 prints along to help line things up (like clues in a treasure hunt, the prize being views of interesting change). In this case, the print matched, and on a whim I shot this picture using ShakeItPhoto, an iPhone app that mimics a Polaroid camera. I hadn't thought to publish it until a fellow editor suggested we ask your opinion: is it worthwhile to publish cell phone pictures? Does it matter if they've been altered by an imaging app?
John Brecher / msnbc.com
An oak tree that survived Hurricane Katrina in Waveland, Miss., is still there five years later, though the house beyond it has been rebuilt.
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Sure, why not? A camera is a camera, even if it's embedded in a cell phone. Especially since cameras in cell phones these days surpass the first professional digital cameras. As for alterations by apps, just make sure to mention it as has been done here.
These days, when a magazine as venerable as the New Yorker is running covers painted on an iPhone, it's time to embrace smartphone/app-based photography.
I agree as long as it is stated the pic has been altered. This is an interesting photo in that the house change is seen in one pic. (with the new house growing) An interesting, tale telling photo is a photo worth seeing no matter how it was taken.