Picture Phones mark a change in social record-keeping

According to Daniel Palmer, a photography historian, picture phones will mark as big a change as did the introduction of the first affordable Box Brownie camera for social record-keeping in 1888. Until now, popular interest in photography was more centered on the long-term preservation of memories in family albums. But with camera phones, the focus is more on sharing than storing, as reported by smh.com [photo from Photography Collections online]

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