Shawn Rocco’s Cell-Phone Photography

The New York Times photography blog Lens, has a really interesting collection of cell phone photos by Shawn Rocco, providing further examples that it ain’t the camera, the lighting, or any other special equipment that makes a photo interesting… and in fact, using a simple stripped down camera can sometimes let you get back to pure photography.

His aim is not to win Canon-carrying professionals over to the Motorola E815, already an ancient relic in the constantly churning mobile landscape. Rather, it is to escape — however briefly — what he calls the “megapixelmania” of contemporary photography, in which every aspect can be rigorously and technically controlled.

“It’s a way of preserving my artistic sanity,” Mr. Rocco said.

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