Famed photographer Joel Meyerowitz embraces camera phones
"The problems of the world and the joys of the world are visible because everyone has a camera," the 88-year-old told AFP.
The pioneer of colour images and so-called street photography is happy modern technology has given nearly everyone the chance to use the medium "as a means of expression".
"Nowadays... there are billions of people every day making photographs and there's a culture of imagery that is teaching people values about photography, about humanity, about dignity," he said.
Meyerowitz spoke at London's Somerset House...