As cameras have become smaller, and more portable (and nearly every cell phone contains one), anything and everything under the sun is subject to being photographed. Are we in a sense becoming one giant photographic experiment?
This video will give you an idea of how small cameras have become:
Go ahead and visit the website so you can compare the different sizes on your own and keep in mind that tablets and cell phones are not included here:
http://camerasize.com/compare/
The number of photographs uploaded everyday is mind boggling. Watch the following video to get a sense of how many photos are uploaded to Instragram in 1 minute:
Add to this mind-boggling number all of the other platforms and it becomes clear there are more photographs than there are people in the world!
Although this is outside the scope of our project, there is one question that has to be asked about this massive uploading and sharing of photographs, and it is the following: since these platforms are provided for free (for the most part) what do these companies do with all the photographs out there? Surely, they do not just store them for posterity's sake and they certainly are not going to store them for your benefit. What will happen to all those photographs if a company like Flickr (i.e. Yahoo!) falters and is sold? A company's purpose is to make a profit, so why do they offer uploading, sharing, and hosting of photographs for free?
To get a better sense of what can and has been photographed we highly recommend you watch the BBC documentary The Genius of Photography. It is NOT for children or teenagers, so keep that in mind!