By Margaret Rock | Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:52 pm |
Immaculata University in suburban Philadelphia is giving a new class on cell phone photography, highlighting the growing impact of mobile devices on culture and world events.
Professor Sean Flannery teaches the class with a focus on how to be a more responsible citizen journalists, rather than awkward bystanders.
"I think it's part of our responsibility to teach kids how to use this tool," Flannery said.
Flannery works with Hunter Martin, a professional photographer, who lectures about the technical aspects of photography, such as composition, lighting and editing. Flannery, meanwhile, deals with the ethical responsibilities that come with taking and publishing them, and issues like voyeurism around public and private spaces.
Cell phone photos and videos have played an essential role in recording and publicizing recent conflicts around the world, particularly the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, which is often beyond the reach of conventional media. On a more individual level, phone cameras ensure that every moment of private life can be documented, and increasingly, posted in real-time to social networks.
As mobile photographs record many moments of global importance, Flannery said he hopes "to sell the students on the notion that the camera phone and its usage in culture is news in the making." The professors plan to show an exhibition of the students' works on campus in April.
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