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When photography became commonplace in the late 19th century, it took several decades and pioneers like Alfred Stieglitz<\/a> before it became accepted as fine art. Today, with ubiquitous cell phone cameras and now mobile live-video streaming, expect the divide between high and low art to become even narrower.<\/p>\nA San Francisco Bay Area gallery is testing that idea with a photo contest that asks people to submit their artiest iPhone-taken pictures.<\/a> At between 2 and 3.2 megapixels, depending on the model, the iPhone has a weak camera compared to competitors. But Giorgi Gallery,<\/a> which is running the competition, says, “The eye of the artist is always more important than the technology in the creation of beautiful art.” Two hundred winners will get prints of their photos shown at an exhibition in Berkeley next month.<\/p>\n Others galleries and institutions have also tried to hold up the iPhone as a more democratic tool for creating and distributing art. The New Yorker dabbled in iPhone-created covers created by the Brushes application earlier this year.<\/a> Plus, there are several photo editing applications that give you basic tools to edit photos like Best Camera<\/a> and Photogene<\/a>. Adobe even created a version of Photoshop for the iPhone, but its features are very limited compared to what’s available in the proper application.<\/p>\n Gordon Fraser<\/p>\n Alex Racanelli<\/p>\n Will Reddy<\/p>\n![\"Pylon-768x1024\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/3ec9d_Pylon-768x1024.jpg\")
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